#// ooc. haven't gotten to explore much of a friendship with aymeric and kijin before so!

[crystalmarred]

— CONTINUED FROM HERE ;; ( @theazureblade )

There was never a time that X'kijin had been good with cold weather. Rather, it was always a rather sad affair with him. He hailed from the hotter, more arid parts of Gyr Abania and later spent much of his time in the Black Shroud, which was certainly muggy come summer.

He did not do well in colder climes, but Ishgard had been hell even when he'd first come here. The cold cut through his clothes like they were made of wet paper, most especially when the wind blew.

Rhalgr preserve him, he had not expected a blizzard.

It was luck—or the lack thereof, given his title—that allowed him so many friends in Ishgard that kept their doors open to him, where the Forgotten Knight had shuttered its own to keep the warmth of the hearth inside instead of more snow blowing in.

"D-didn't check the weather," he said, though he evidently should have. It was a thought that had occurred to him far too late when he'd been out in the midst of it and noticed the sharp drop in temperature the biting wind besides. He'd idled for a few agonizing minutes, tucked away from the wind's wrath, before he realized there was little chance of a break in it.

They didn't get blizzards in the Black Shroud nor in Gyr Abania. This kind of weather wasn't even common to Coerthas until a few years past, when the Calamity brought to it unseasonably cold winters. So he'd ended up going to Aymeric.

The boots and the jacket came off, as instructed. One would think that shedding the extra layer would make him colder, but being guided nearer the fire made a world of difference.

"Thanks..." he said with a sigh that shook almost as much as he did. X'kijin cupped his chilled hands near his face and breathed into his hands in an effort to warm his poor nose. "Sor... Sorry... Should've..."

He paused, the words difficult and slow as he struggled to get around the chill to say them. X'kijin might've been embarrassed, if not for how cold he was, and he probably would be much later.

"I'll... I'll be more careful next time..."