Haha!
Surprised? Perhaps ,though maybe not in the sense you might be considering.
You see, we've agreed not to pick up where we left off from the old game because a LOT of the main cast is missing(and they were all equally important to the story) and to include them or disclude them would be rather difficult and confusing. Not to mention we had more than a couple years worth of extensive story-line that....just probably wouldn't quite work out here in SotE. It would have to be redone. That said, we're starting back to square one where Aodhnait and Miersck are merely acquainted through a friend in common.
Even if we picked up from the old story, there was nothing romantic between Miersck and Aodhnait. Aodhnait is a bit older and far more mature.She always looked to Miersck as a friend and also very much a "stupid boy" .If you'd read the things she had to put up with where he was concerned, you'd agree with her! Who know? Maybe you do even now! Haha! . Now he, on the other hand, may have felt differently towards her. Sadly, she was wholly unaware of it.
So, Zozee, I don't think Alycia has any competition for the silly little moth boy's heart. Aodhnait doesn't chase boys. They usually chase after her and they get burned. I jest. She's not so cruel. Usually. ;)
Ironically, in our old thread we had a mermaid character with us. They were male though and not interested in Miersck. Fun times!