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Compassion shone in Shane's eyes and his nature won out over manners. Reaching his arm out he placed an arm around her far shoulder and brought her closer for a hug. It didn't even register with him that he'd done it until it was over. No time to take it back now... "Would frighten anyone lass," he commented leaning his head on top of hers, "there's real fear in dreams like that, so tis no wonder you're still shook up about it."

Rubbing her back, he kept his gript. "Can't say as to why you've got it, but I can tell you, that I'm here to listen to you girly. So, if you're in need of an ear, feel free to use mine. It hears nearly as well as my mouth speaks."

There was shock there, oh yes, but also a sense of comfort and acceptance. It made Shane glad that the girl hadn't jerked back offended. That would've been... not so good. It pleased him entirely when she hugged him back, twas like having a piece of home back almost, which made him a little more homesick than he was before. Still, he held her and resisted the urge to pet her hair.

"Tis what I'm here for Moira." He replied calmly, content with just being there. A nagging in the back of his mind kept telling him that he was holding on a wee too long, but he couldn't think of a good reason to let go. Could offer her my room... no monsters under the bed there...

...You're a dog Shane... a down right shameful dog...

"Guess the neither of us will be sleeping much tonight then."

"Moi?" He murmured more to himself than to her, "I like it, tis cute. Can't rightly shorten my name really." He mused. It was hard to not say about how she fit... just fit right there... Tis proof Shane, you've not had yourself a girl for... well let's not go into that... He smiled at the thought.

"So," not changing their position at all, "why'd you join Lotus Moi?"

"Ah adventure is it?" Grinning he looked down at her, there was still much to find out about this new lass, so much he didn't know. "You've a good heart in you to want to stop Janus, tis a grand goal to be sure."

Frowning a little, he thought of how best to word his answer, "I didn't have much of a life waiting for me anywhere else. Twas the best place for me at the time so I signed on and the decided to have me. I'm not the sort that would be driven for adventure, I like it just as well as any other, but only if it finds me I guess." It was the truth, through and through, and it was a complete answer. So it would have to do. "Don't think Wraith liked me very much though, I'm actually surprised I was accepted on."

"All you had to do was hypnoize him with those clever hands of yours and that deck." Shane joked, but somberly finished, "Aye, we both got here in the end, so it would seem there's something worth keeping in the both of us."

Looking up at the stars again, he began to notice all the differences... you couldn't see this pattern from Ireland, and where was that constellation, and why did that look upside down? It never really hit him how much the night sky differed from place to place.

"I'm glad you got here," he said casually, "You're a good lass."

"Ah, you're kind with your words." Feeling goose bumps on her arms, he felt some of his own appear in return. "And you're going to freeze out here, I just realized." Mentally cursing himself, he drew away from her slowly. "I'll be right back love. Don't go no where."

Racing back toward the building, he sprinted down the hallway and crashed into his rooms. Drawing the blanket off his bed, he took it and ran back toward the garden. It was a bit silly actually, but he wanted to spend more time talking with her.

Arriving back in the clearing, a little out of breath, he presented her with the comforter. "And here's the cure to keep a body warm, aside from a strong pull of whiskey that is. But I'm not thinking that's what this night needs."

Raising an eyebrow as she settled in against him, he let his arms come around her again and felt the blanket fall upon them both. It was... nice to have someone want to be with him, and it lifted his spirits after missing home so much.

"You're welcome lass." He replied with a smile and looked up toward the stars. "Aye, and so I did, are there any type of tales you're fond of? I've a great many to choose from, so I'd like to tell you something you'd like to hear."

Shane smirked at her tease and shifted a little settling into the blanket comfortably. "Alright then," he began. There were few things in his life that brought him great joy, telling tales, writing music, and cooking, happened to be them. "A tale from me childhood?"

Pondering which tale to tell, he settled on one he thought would amuse her. "When I was a young lad about 7 or so, I was out in our fields playing with my brother and sister. Let's see here... Aidan would've been 8 and Breena would've been 6. Anyhow, as all good kids from County Clare could, we were climbing trees. Now, Aidan liked to think he was the king of the tree and climb higher than was safe. A bit of a fool was our Aidan. Breena's back on the ground this day, screaming at him to come down before he breaks his neck, but myself, being as much a fool as my brother, had pegged this the day that I would climb higher than he.

"He's already a fair ways up when I start to reach the danger zone. There's Aidan, clinging to a flimsy branch hollaring at me to go back down that I was too heavy and what not. And of course I'm thinking he only wants the tree to himself, so I keep going. Didn't take long for the tree to start leaning to one way." Shane demonstrated such with his hands. "Now he's screaming, and I swear to god I think he was crying, and I'm freaking out wondering what to do, and Breena's on the ground yelling about how she'd tell ma on us. Which WAS a large threat back then. When suddenly, there was a thick cracking noise, and it didn't take a genius to say Aidan and I were in for a fall." Shane paused for dramatic effect. "Imagine yourself in my shoes, if I held on any longer that entire part of the branch would fall right on me. So I did the only logical thing, I jumped off the cursed thing. Never have I hit the ground so hard as I did that day, but I can't say the day wen any better for Aidan, with the loss of my weight, the tree snapped back a bit and it sent him flying. I'd wager he was in the air a good 5 seconds before he hit the ground. Turned out he broke his left arm in two places and cracked two ribs. The boy-o's skull is thick as anything though, so his turnip of a brain was left intact. I got grounded for a month after that, but never again did Aidan rule the trees."

Shane sighed, a grin on his face. It'd been a while since he'd told that particular tale. "Well? Have I bored you yet?"