Hotaru
you talk a lot of shit for someone who's sorry now
She hadn’t been victorious, but she hadn’t counted on it given she and Talyson had been more properly matched before her change in skill set. In some ways she’s glad she was paired with him as her ego doesn’t smart the way it surely would have otherwise. Still, she heads for Sunjata first, healing a secondary notion despite how battered she is. After the mental shakeup that was her fight with Seren she still feels off-kilter, and the good mood of the tournament is difficult to cling to. Nevertheless she settles faster once she’s by his side, turning to watch Melita and Deimos’ respective fights.
Pulling him along, she passes through the crowd of observers to coo at Erebos and drop a kiss on Flora as she snags one of the available bottles of fountain water. She doesn’t linger at the epicenter of attention her daughter commands, instead hunting down a quiet section of sand to occupy and watch the fights from. She wants space to lick her wounds, and her family are the only people she’s keen on socializing with right now.
