[se] lightning in a bottle

Sohalia

If we're being honest, Soh wasn't really one to race towards conflict - especially not where Koa was concerned. Perhaps it was a leadership flaw (it was), but at this moment, she really just wanted to mend fences rather than tearing them down. The time for inquiries and lectures would come later. For once, just once, she wanted to have a nice time and not royally fuck things up with the young dragoon.

And yeah, maybe she should have just let Koa go back to work, gone back to her office and her reports, and just let sleeping dogs lie, but he was right there, and spending time with him felt so enticing, and it was just a little while working on the ningo pen, right? What could possibly go wrong?

(No, Soh hasn't learned her lesson.)

So when he smiled and shrugged nonchalantly, Soh's heart fluttered with the hope that they could move forward together - or maybe not together, but at least not separate. If all she accomplished today was inviting Koa not to hate her, well, she'd consider that a win. So she perked up at the invitation, a brilliant smile brightening her face, not even able to pretend at nonchalance. "I'd love to help," she said. "You know, a friend of mine has a dragon who loves to chase ningos. How's Pip with them?"