The baristas were quick with the orders, their ordered drinks and food arriving near enough at the same time. It allowed them to grab and go, the wait five minutes or fewer. They'd missed the lunch rush, either arriving before or after it, so it spared them a long wait.
Algy led the way out the door, bringing his London Fog up for a sip as he led them onto the sidewalk and then across the road back to where he'd stood. It was a quiet traversal to the park, the dragon content with the silence and assuming Eldridge was contemplating either his beverage or what was to come. The park in front of them was still relatively empty, anyone wandering through there marching with the intent of someone trying to get somewhere. No one was idling. It was private enough for their purposes, at least.
Eldridge was the first to break the silence. He started directly, which would've had an indulgent smile creeping up Algy's face if it hadn't been for the tragedy bringing them there. Out of deference for grief, however unsaid, the dragon only allowed himself a mild quirk of his mouth at the situation he found himself in. Refreshingly, there was unlikely to be outright panic if Eldridge was still the same man Algy had known.
“Yes, although perhaps it defies explanation in its truest form,” Algy mused, but shook his head and continued on. “It is simply said, like the bard once wrote, that there is more between heaven and earth than we could dream of. There is a world next to mundane human existence, not hidden, but obscured by a human tendency to doubt and disbelieve.”
Algy angled a shrewd look towards Eldridge as he spoke, reading the man's reaction as he began to only lightly scratch the surface of a vast world that lay beyond simple human ken.
Algy led the way out the door, bringing his London Fog up for a sip as he led them onto the sidewalk and then across the road back to where he'd stood. It was a quiet traversal to the park, the dragon content with the silence and assuming Eldridge was contemplating either his beverage or what was to come. The park in front of them was still relatively empty, anyone wandering through there marching with the intent of someone trying to get somewhere. No one was idling. It was private enough for their purposes, at least.
Eldridge was the first to break the silence. He started directly, which would've had an indulgent smile creeping up Algy's face if it hadn't been for the tragedy bringing them there. Out of deference for grief, however unsaid, the dragon only allowed himself a mild quirk of his mouth at the situation he found himself in. Refreshingly, there was unlikely to be outright panic if Eldridge was still the same man Algy had known.
“Yes, although perhaps it defies explanation in its truest form,” Algy mused, but shook his head and continued on. “It is simply said, like the bard once wrote, that there is more between heaven and earth than we could dream of. There is a world next to mundane human existence, not hidden, but obscured by a human tendency to doubt and disbelieve.”
Algy angled a shrewd look towards Eldridge as he spoke, reading the man's reaction as he began to only lightly scratch the surface of a vast world that lay beyond simple human ken.