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"Albedo?"
Albedo turns from his table, setting down a vial of some sort of blue liquid,
"Hm? Who is it?" Albedo asks as he walks to the door and opens it, and he finds Aether there.
"Is something the matter, Aether?" Albedo looked at Aether in confusion, wondering why the traveler would be visiting him.
"No, No, I just needed a place to stay for a few days, the snow is going down like crazy," Aether had answered, and Albedo moved over to allow Aether into his Laboratory.
"That's fine with me, just don't touch anything, alright?" Albedo shut the door and handed Aether a blanket to warm up, wiping off some frost on his shoulders.
Albedo looked questioningly at Aether, an eyebrow raised as Aether sat down on a couch in the lab,
"Why were you traveling in the mountains during a snowstorm, Aether?"
Aether yawned and held the blanket closer, "I was trying to finish one of my requests from the Knights, but the snowstorm surprised me, and you were the closest person I trusted nearby, so I just made my way here..."
It was now early morning, Abledo heard Aether stir awake, as he sat up on the couch he had slept on.
"Good morning, Aether, you woke up early," Albedo spoke with a kind but still slightly curious tone, as he put down the book he was reading,
"mrpmff.." Aether yawned, as he stretched and got up. "How long did I sleep??"
"Most of the night, I'd say," Albedo responded, taking the blanket off the floor as it fell off Aether.
"Really? Gods, I must've been exhausted..." Aether rubbed his eyes as he adjusted to the light shining into the room. "Did you sleep at all, Albedo?" He asked as he turned his attention to Albedo, standing in front of him.
"I don't really require sleep as you do, sure I still need it, just not as much," Albedo said as he returned to his Laboratory table.
"O- Oh okay." Aether walked back and sat down on the couch again, looking up at the skylight inside the Lab, daydreaming...
"Aether, you okay, you've been oddly silent," Albedo had turned from his table, now looking at Aether in confusion, "Do you need something to eat?" Albedo had raised his eyebrow, trying to infer what Aether needed.
"I mean I wouldn't mind..." Aether smiled warmly, looking up at Albedo.