No better version I could pretend to be tonight
"She'll let me know if she gets in trouble." Both audibly and inaudibly, he suspects. The catsnake has always vacillated between incredible neediness and furious independence; Koa has learned to accept that she will have her escapades, and to anticipate demands for attention and pets whenever is least convenient.
He grimaces when she asks about the wraps. "They're for boxing," Koa explains, wincing as blood stains the water red. "Had a sparring accident. It looks a lot worse than it was." Soh may disagree, but it isn't a story he especially wants to get into. Trying to justify punching a girl in the face after she rejected you feels like incredibly dangerous terrain.
Still scrubbing at the wraps, he tilts his face back to Raelyn. "Where's home for you, then?" he wonders. "Halo?" It seems the most likely, given that it's close, but then again the girl seems rather tanned for a Halovian so he's not entirely convinced of his guess.
He grimaces when she asks about the wraps. "They're for boxing," Koa explains, wincing as blood stains the water red. "Had a sparring accident. It looks a lot worse than it was." Soh may disagree, but it isn't a story he especially wants to get into. Trying to justify punching a girl in the face after she rejected you feels like incredibly dangerous terrain.
Still scrubbing at the wraps, he tilts his face back to Raelyn. "Where's home for you, then?" he wonders. "Halo?" It seems the most likely, given that it's close, but then again the girl seems rather tanned for a Halovian so he's not entirely convinced of his guess.
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