Efnir and Nomi 4

Nomi and Efnir stroll the solarium and Nomi listens attentively as Efnir tells her about his first visit and points out different things that he thinks she will like. She says nothing as he leans on her arm for support on occasion. Though admittedly she is not very strong, she does her best to lend him a little extra stability. After the encounter with Boez she seems just as content as before to linger with Efnir in the beautiful room surrounded by flower specimens collected from across the galaxy. "This place reminds me of the Room of a Thousand Fountains," Nomi says a bit wistfully, referring to the room, most likely now destroyed, where Efnir had found Nomi on the fateful day the Temple fell.

After a beat, Nomi clears her throat and turns her head toward Efnir. "Efnir, I owe you an apology."

Efnir walks slowly, even after some prompt medical care he is still very bruised and beaten at this point.

“Yes, I too was reminded of the Room of a Thousand Fountains and thought you would be interested in this. Ah! Over there is where General Solaris was rebuffed. I thought that would come up as motive but the investigation seemed to go in a different direction so I never brought it up. What would you have need to apologize for? I do not feel wronged.”

Nomi bites back a laugh at the news about General Solaris and Eklana. "I can't say I blame her for rejecting him. I certainly would not want to marry him. Though I suppose I could be generous and say that we did meet him at a rather stressful time in his life and he may have come across differently at another time."

Nomi's brows draw down in a little frown. "I'm glad you don't feel like I wronged you." She gives the hand he has on her arm for support a little squeeze. "But I feel like I did. I shouldn't have had Somi correct you on your table manners. I," she stops, gathers her apparently scattered thoughts, blows out a frustrated breath and starts again. "I like that you are not withdrawn in your appreciation of the things that you like. It's not preferable that you be 'reserved' or 'proper' in lieu of yourself. And it was not my intention," Nomi halts, then growls at her inarticulate speech. Considering it, Nomi is usually quite put together when talking to everyone, except Efnir. "It wasn't my intention to make you self conscious in any way about how you act. I hope I didn't. I hope you just... ignore me and keep on being the Efnir that I like." She tumbles out the last of the words, trying to just get them expressed. "What I mean is, I'm sorry."

“I actually appreciated that someone there tried to point out my misstep. We never really bothered much with etiquette matters growing up and it never really was an issue at the Temple. If we are to be trying to be inconspicuous that will also mean fitting in somewhat culturally wherever we are. We will always stand out some simply by not being human. Well, you can bypass that part some.” Efnir pats her belt. “It seems Vesper can make people forget him, and your sister can be sneaky. She and Nawah also have the etiquette thing down. There might not be much that can help with Brawln, so that leaves Rhen and I. I guess what I mean is, I am not going to ignore you.”

Nomi pushes her lips together looking at Efnir for a moment. "Oh." She nods. "We didn't bother with four different kinds of forks and three glasses or plates growing up either. Part of my training was to fit in wherever I went. If you have any questions, you can always ask." She snorts. "Though travelling the wider galaxy I realized there is a lot that I don't know. That's why I've been reading all the different cultural books I have been picking up. I could read for the rest of my life and not know how to fit in everywhere, though. Do you want me to teach you at all?" She leads him to a bench so that they can both take a rest from standing, though she sits first as though it's more for her than for concern for him. Watching him slowly move to sit though, does betray her concern as she holds her hands up to help him if he wants. "When I rounded that corner and saw you on the floor, all the breath was knocked out of me. The only thing I wanted to do was make sure you were still alive. It's a good thing that Boez-prime wasn't nearby to surprise me at that moment. I really wanted to go with you when I had Boez order the droid to take you to Vic for help. But Slee was still out there and I thought he might still be able to be helped."

“Oh I was not sure what all happened. It seems that your decision was correct looking at the outcome at least. I am happy to sit here a bit more but don’t want to wait too long to get back to the ship and the bacta tank so I can be a bit more functional at the opera tonight.” Efnir smiles.

Nomi nods. "Okay, when you are rested, let's go see if the gondolas are running yet. I am guessing you'll want one of the first ones down off the mountain. I wish I could enjoy the views on the ride a bit more, I am sure that they are breathtaking." When Efnir indicates he is ready, Nomi gives him her arm and they head back down to make the trip off the mountain.