Isla
Were this any other person, Isla might have instantly taken them up on the offer. However, even having only met Everest a handful of times, she instinctively knows that the line between politeness and discomfort is a fragile one. (Even prior to meeting him directly, she remembers him at The Hanged Man). "I can shift into a molten tiger," she offers instead. "Perhaps one day we could hunt together. I haven't tried it in Torchline."
Unsure whether hunting in animal form is any better than merely sitting among a pile of cats for Ever, Isla leaves the offer at that and starts to trek upwards. "I should hope not," she says airily of his clothes and the unintentional swim he'd taken. "It can be quite dangerous, even if someone is a strong swimmer. Clothes can become quite heavy in water."
Drifting off to walk in companionable(?) silence - and trying not to look at the cowboy walk Ever has adopted, or the way the water makes the sun glitter off his tan - Isla leads them up to the clinic the aviator has recently helped to establish. Already it looks more lived in, and Isla unlocks the door and heads inside. "Do you want to use the consultation room to change and dry off? she asks.
Unsure whether hunting in animal form is any better than merely sitting among a pile of cats for Ever, Isla leaves the offer at that and starts to trek upwards. "I should hope not," she says airily of his clothes and the unintentional swim he'd taken. "It can be quite dangerous, even if someone is a strong swimmer. Clothes can become quite heavy in water."
Drifting off to walk in companionable(?) silence - and trying not to look at the cowboy walk Ever has adopted, or the way the water makes the sun glitter off his tan - Isla leads them up to the clinic the aviator has recently helped to establish. Already it looks more lived in, and Isla unlocks the door and heads inside. "Do you want to use the consultation room to change and dry off? she asks.
I'll take a bruise, I know you're worth it
When you hit me, hit me hard
When you hit me, hit me hard
