[Azeil]

"What is it you seek? Death?" he asked, looking back at the small woman. He frowned a small bit. That was a morbid thought and depressing for the one that cared for her. He didn't like that thought at all... but he would not (and could not) stop death from claiming her if time truly had run out for her.

Although he caught the beginning and couldn't help but let it slip past his lips. "You have a mother?" Being born of the shadows, the male had no parents. Perhaps why his social skills seemed... off to say the least. Or nonexistent perhaps.