Isla
"Gods. I'm so sorry for your loss," Isla murmurs, frowning into her tea only for a bittersweet smile to curl at her lips. She nods in agreement. "I think you're right. It's funny, isn't it, how the way things went in the war still feel as though they only happened yesterday." A more modern physician would call that PTSD, but either way, if shared trauma is the foundation for a friendship, so be it.
Inhaling deeply and letting Hotaru's words crystallise in her mind like ice forming across the surface of a lake, Isla vows to make good on that sentiment for perhaps the first time since war's end. "You're a very wise woman, Hotaru," she tells her softly. "I'm glad to know you, even if the initial circumstances were a little embarrassing on my part."
Taking another sip of her tea before setting her cup down, the Valkyrie's smile echoes the fondness in Isla's own expression, and she pauses before answering if only to make room for the finger sandwiches and petit fours as they arrive. "At least you know she's never going to lack excitement in her life," she says with a laugh, as if that's some sort of consolation. "And she certainly makes the place shine. I'd never considered living here before, but as an Ancient, it does make sense." In short: yes, Flora's recruitment drive might just be working.
Inhaling deeply and letting Hotaru's words crystallise in her mind like ice forming across the surface of a lake, Isla vows to make good on that sentiment for perhaps the first time since war's end. "You're a very wise woman, Hotaru," she tells her softly. "I'm glad to know you, even if the initial circumstances were a little embarrassing on my part."
Taking another sip of her tea before setting her cup down, the Valkyrie's smile echoes the fondness in Isla's own expression, and she pauses before answering if only to make room for the finger sandwiches and petit fours as they arrive. "At least you know she's never going to lack excitement in her life," she says with a laugh, as if that's some sort of consolation. "And she certainly makes the place shine. I'd never considered living here before, but as an Ancient, it does make sense." In short: yes, Flora's recruitment drive might just be working.
I'll take a bruise, I know you're worth it
When you hit me, hit me hard
When you hit me, hit me hard
