The small smile still lingered on Kael's face when silence settled between them again. It wasn't a broad smile, nor a particularly warm one, but for someone like him, it was enough to alter the entire atmosphere of the room. Elion noticed immediately, as she always noticed everything concerning her son, and crossed her arms with a triumphant expression, as if she had just won an invisible contest. Kael merely glanced at the almost empty cup on the low table beside the armchair, watching the rest of the coffee slowly cool.
"That's good," he finally said, his voice calmer and lighter than before. "I'm a little tired of Yggdrasil ignoring me."
Elion raised an eyebrow and leaned against the side of a bookshelf full of disarranged books. The morning light cut through his golden hair, giving him an almost mythical aspect that was immediately ruined by the casual way he held a half-eaten biscuit.
"Emotionally tired or administratively tired?" she asked.
