the blood you bleed is just the blood you owe

you should know, that i'm a ticking time bomb

and you're getting close

She wraps her arms around him too, quivering lightly as she adds the assurance that it only could occur while both were there, and he nods to that, rubbing her spine with a quiet agreement. “Yes.” He agrees, letting her go to explore further, hoping to loosen the tension that has already wrought the entire house.

But he hasn’t seen Shii either, and Haai has curled up in the other room along a dusty chair with her tail idly swinging above the ground while he seeks the alcohol and brings it up. He opens the one, handing it to her, watching her question whether it was food. “Should be. Typically the older the wine the better it is.” He offers her a small smile before he opens his bottle too.

And his tastes a bit more robust, a bit sweet and almost with hints of coconuts and fruits. He sniffs it while he considers her question. “Maybe they were sailors?” Who didn’t come back? It was hard to tell. Her next question has him pausing after a deep swig of the bottle, brushing off the table in the kitchen to remove the dust from it as he considers it. “I haven’t… No.” He says, turning to her with a small frown.

so better watch your step, because i'm about to blow

and where the pieces land i guess we'll never know

SuNJATA