Holding herself together - it was hard. Nobody had ever warned her just how difficult life could be sometimes, how the very notion of putting one foot in front of the other could feel monumental at best, impossible at worst. And right now, it was teetering dangerously close to impossible. It was a nasty spiral, the inner workings of Sohalia's mind, twisted and frayed as it was like a rope about to snap. And here she was, holding on for dear life, clinging to Harper's hand in a desperate attempt to stay grounded in the present.
At the mention of what was out there - beyond the safety of the door, past the safety of Torchline, back in the streets of Stormbreak, deep within that alley - Soh shivered slightly, perhaps unnoticeable but for the tremor in the hand that Harper had so kindly wrapped up in his own. She nodded, meeting his eyes tearfully, trusting his word that he could protect her, if it came down to it, secure in that fact and in that she had come so far away from the perceived danger.
When he mentioned food, she nodded again, if only to give herself something to do other than sit in silence. "Yes," she said with regard to tea. It was the one thing that had managed to calm her nerves in the days since The Incident. Of course, tea at home had included a little of the calming drugs that Mateo had sent her home with, but she didn't feel the need to mention that. "Can... can I come?" she asked hesitantly, not wanting to be alone but not wanting to be a nuisance.
At the mention of what was out there - beyond the safety of the door, past the safety of Torchline, back in the streets of Stormbreak, deep within that alley - Soh shivered slightly, perhaps unnoticeable but for the tremor in the hand that Harper had so kindly wrapped up in his own. She nodded, meeting his eyes tearfully, trusting his word that he could protect her, if it came down to it, secure in that fact and in that she had come so far away from the perceived danger.
When he mentioned food, she nodded again, if only to give herself something to do other than sit in silence. "Yes," she said with regard to tea. It was the one thing that had managed to calm her nerves in the days since The Incident. Of course, tea at home had included a little of the calming drugs that Mateo had sent her home with, but she didn't feel the need to mention that. "Can... can I come?" she asked hesitantly, not wanting to be alone but not wanting to be a nuisance.
