ISLA
Not knowing anything about such an item either - and honestly, the part of her that knows Sunjata best thinks he wouldn't take it even if it was offered to him, because the pain is too comfortable - Isla can only stir her drink absently. She's foolishly decided to take another sip when Flora blurts out the most innocent and yet hard-hitting question yet, the Remedy trying not to inhale her cocktail as she sets the glass down.
"Flora," she chides with a grimace, grabbing a napkin to dab at her lips. Such a reaction is never going to stand without clarification though, she knows as much by now, and so Isla gathers herself before responding. "I think I was walking a dangerous line," she confesses. "I've loved Sunjata for a long time - he's one of my closest friends. I've known him since before the war, and he and I have helped each other through a lot this past year."
Doesn't really answer the question, though. "I think it would have been very easy to fall in love with him. Maybe I had already started to." Shrugging helplessly, she's saved by the arrival of their appetisers, though she does offer a scoff in response to Flora's sass.
"You don't need to understand it to accept it," she points out with a bob of her eyebrows.
"Flora," she chides with a grimace, grabbing a napkin to dab at her lips. Such a reaction is never going to stand without clarification though, she knows as much by now, and so Isla gathers herself before responding. "I think I was walking a dangerous line," she confesses. "I've loved Sunjata for a long time - he's one of my closest friends. I've known him since before the war, and he and I have helped each other through a lot this past year."
Doesn't really answer the question, though. "I think it would have been very easy to fall in love with him. Maybe I had already started to." Shrugging helplessly, she's saved by the arrival of their appetisers, though she does offer a scoff in response to Flora's sass.
"You don't need to understand it to accept it," she points out with a bob of her eyebrows.
apres moi le deluge
after me comes the flood
after me comes the flood
