I know you don't wanna turn me into your puppet
Jude shrugs slightly, clearly unsure what Koa had been doing there. He'd been a little too flustered to wonder in the moment. "I'm sure he did, he doesn't seem like the type to make light of it." Though Jude only knows him as the young man who had defended him that day in Stormbreak, a literal protector of the weak. "I wish he didn't feel so bad though. Training accidents happen all the time; though dad almost cried when I broke my middle finger during a spar." He chuckles slightly, hoping the humor will draw her out of her head.
Speaking of Harper, however, Jude slowly tilts his head at her as she murmurs, clearly distracted. Something is pinging at his stomach, telling him something is wrong, but he can't think of any logical reasoning for what it could be. Normally when that happens he merely marks it down as his ever-present anxiety sending him the wrong signals. But Sohalia is used to him checking in, asking quiet questions like a touchstone, never exasperated when he asks if she's mad at him or if something's wrong. So this time, he asks.
"Really? I've never seen him do it to you. When was that?" He grabs the keys from the bowl just inside the threshold and leads them out the front door, locking it behind them. The crisp fall air is cooler this high up in the atmosphere, but it will only be colder on the skyboat, so he enjoys the mildness while he can.
Speaking of Harper, however, Jude slowly tilts his head at her as she murmurs, clearly distracted. Something is pinging at his stomach, telling him something is wrong, but he can't think of any logical reasoning for what it could be. Normally when that happens he merely marks it down as his ever-present anxiety sending him the wrong signals. But Sohalia is used to him checking in, asking quiet questions like a touchstone, never exasperated when he asks if she's mad at him or if something's wrong. So this time, he asks.
"Really? I've never seen him do it to you. When was that?" He grabs the keys from the bowl just inside the threshold and leads them out the front door, locking it behind them. The crisp fall air is cooler this high up in the atmosphere, but it will only be colder on the skyboat, so he enjoys the mildness while he can.
But what if I just always dance around on your string?
Jude
