this is why we can't have nice things, honey
"Honestly I'm surprised you didn't just unhinge your jaw and swallow it all in one go as a leviathan." Flora countered, grinning at him from behind her oversized sunglasses. Having lounged quite contentedly, it was only once she'd posed her question that she sat up, pulling the glasses down to the bridge of her nose before opting to remove them entirely.
"Yeah, they are kind of big, huh?" It was far easier to poke fun at Ronin than to get to the heart of what she'd (he'd) brought them out here for, but quickly the Doubletake's grin fell from her lips.
"So...Koa is back. You know, that dragoon that went missing from Stormbreak?" Swallowing hard as her cheeks flushed, Flora turns her attention to the sunglasses in her hands. "Since he and Sohalia disappeared at the same time, we all—" The youths, Ronin. The youths. "—thought that like, he'd gotten her pregnant and they'd just run off because, y'know, young love or whatever." Quite how much Ronin had gleaned about her feelings for the dragoon in virtue of being her father, Flora had no idea. "But uhm...so he's back and said that Soh was actually kidnapped."
Which, given Dahlia's story about how she'd just gone on vacation, maybe they all should have guessed sooner.
"Yeah, they are kind of big, huh?" It was far easier to poke fun at Ronin than to get to the heart of what she'd (he'd) brought them out here for, but quickly the Doubletake's grin fell from her lips.
"So...Koa is back. You know, that dragoon that went missing from Stormbreak?" Swallowing hard as her cheeks flushed, Flora turns her attention to the sunglasses in her hands. "Since he and Sohalia disappeared at the same time, we all—" The youths, Ronin. The youths. "—thought that like, he'd gotten her pregnant and they'd just run off because, y'know, young love or whatever." Quite how much Ronin had gleaned about her feelings for the dragoon in virtue of being her father, Flora had no idea. "But uhm...so he's back and said that Soh was actually kidnapped."
Which, given Dahlia's story about how she'd just gone on vacation, maybe they all should have guessed sooner.
