i reach out to my lifeline, the angels laugh in paradise
El gets disappointed, then darkly amused as they realize Fox threw some of the only food he had to some Echo Sharks for a demonstration. They can't help but laugh; the man must not realize that they're so hungry. They cannot allow themselves to be annoyed or bothered by Fox, otherwise they might do something they don't mean to do, but this is habitual for them, easy. Their sarcastic, huffed laughter at meeting someone who so easily throws away food is a numbing balm.
They have a hard time believing that he isn't blessed, while he goes on about how he only allows monsters to go near him and has plenty of business, until the moment he calls himself Ascended. Eleftheria's entire body stiffens.
"You're one of those, then, huh? Must've been nice before the war, at least." They know they're being unkind, but bitterness takes them over. It catches in the back of their throat like the smoke from the fires. "Yeah, I'm a Grounder. From a farming family." They know this will be enough. Their hand grips and flexes on their bow, an expression of tension drawn taut across their features.
They have a hard time believing that he isn't blessed, while he goes on about how he only allows monsters to go near him and has plenty of business, until the moment he calls himself Ascended. Eleftheria's entire body stiffens.
"You're one of those, then, huh? Must've been nice before the war, at least." They know they're being unkind, but bitterness takes them over. It catches in the back of their throat like the smoke from the fires. "Yeah, I'm a Grounder. From a farming family." They know this will be enough. Their hand grips and flexes on their bow, an expression of tension drawn taut across their features.
they say i am my own lifeline
ELEFTHERIA
