[SE] haven't you heard what becomes of curious minds?

you wouldn't be the first renegade to need somebody

Flora huffs, flicking a bit of serpent goo from her sleeve with a grimace. "I’ve been thinking the exact same thing," she says, rolling her eyes skyward with a pointed little hum that might as well have said Kaisel without actually naming names.

She watches as Callum retrieves his bolts, brows lifting when his gaze lingers on her daggers. With a grin, she lifts one hand and gives a lazy flick of her fingers, the golden blades vanishing back into their holders. "Very handy," she says, voice lilting with just enough suggestion to make it clear she knows exactly what she’s doing. "But if you think that's good, you should see what else I can do."

His next comment earns a bright peal of laughter, the sound echoing oddly off the cave walls. "That’s why I picked you for this job," she declares, tossing her curls back and smirking as she starts walking deeper into the tunnel. "Handsome enough to want to drag along, but not quite smart enough to ask for specifics."

She glances over her shoulder with a wink. "Win-win. Now lets go, I hear this next section of Starfall is a bit more of a tight squeeze."

Callum

What's the worst that could happen

Thoughts of what else Flora can do earn a raised brow from Callum, who grins crookedly. "I'm sure you're capable of all kinds of fun things," he purrs. He grabs the last bolt and stuffs it in the quiver, then turns away from the serpent's corpse.

Unfortunately, he walks right into Flora's next quip, and he grimaces at her back as she heads deeper into the tunnels. "This is why I should never accept jobs from pretty blondes," he sighs dramatically, though he follows along obediently enough, seemingly unfazed by their escapades with the snake. "They never seem to turn out in my favor."

fin

When two worlds collide