Worry was written all over the face of the blue colored khajiit as he watches his argonian friend and travel partner, on the bench next to him, staring into oblivion. His tankard untouched and still filled to the brim with Black-Briar mead. Besides the crackling fireplace and the typical tavern sounds in the background, silence was filling the air between those two friends which was quite odd. Normally they would talk about everything on their mind but since the high elf left their small party to keep traveling on his own, the argonian was quiet.

After a few more moments of silence the khajiit's name left Keean's mouth: »Say, Inigo...« Immediately his ears perked up. »What's on your mind, my friend?« »Do you think i will ever see him again?« »Rumarin?« Keean nodded and took a sip of his mead. »Do you miss him?« Inigo asked while taking a bite of his sweetroll.

The argonian fell silent. »Yeah. I feel...empty and incomplete...like a part of me is missing...« Keean answered after a while. »I miss his jokes, his comments, his presence and the interested look he gave me when i was talking to him...«

Inigo paused in the middle of taking another bite as he started to observe his dear friend. The dark scales in Keean's face gave of an almost invisible tint of dark red but nothing can escape a khajiit's gaze. »Is it possible that you are in love, my friend?« He asked boldly.

In a glimpse the argonian started to choke on his mead. »In love?!« Keean hid is mouth behind his arm and started to consider the possibility his best friend just mentioned. He never thought about falling in love or even marriage. Of course Keean adopted kids because he didnt wanted them to suffer like he did but the thought of having a spouse on his side never crossed his mind.

Once again the high elf popped up in Keean's head. Perhaps his best friend wasn't that wrong with his bold assumption but the argonian knew...his adventure through Skyrim was far from over, time for romance wasn't yet to be seen. But maybe...maybe once his journey has ended and he grew too old to adventure further, a quiet life with his family and best friend would be a nice way to welcome his forever sleep.