I think I can manage being collateral damage
Almost too excited to carry on a regular conversation—little bubbles of laughter kept bursting in the back of his throat—Everest did his best to keep Isla tucked safely at his side away from the chill and anything else that might threaten the precious dream he seemed to have found himself in.
"If you consider being trampled by a herd of them as being up close." The aviator replies with a low laugh, recalling the time he and his best friend had not only nearly been trampled, but then almost devoured by a pack of wolves. Not offering to take Isla's jacket just in case she needed to stay warm a little longer, Ever slips out of his own and drapes it over one arm. "Well if that's the case—" And honestly, Everest doubted that there was anything that Isla wasn't good at. "I suppose if you ever want to get rid of Ronin, you could just sing at him and see what happens?" Having had the then-Star prancing after he and Mateo had been a more or less regular occurrence when they'd been growing up.
"There...may or may not already be wine upstairs." The aviator says with a sly smile. "Both red and white." He adds with a bashful scrunch of his nose. "Though if you'd like to bring something else..?"
"If you consider being trampled by a herd of them as being up close." The aviator replies with a low laugh, recalling the time he and his best friend had not only nearly been trampled, but then almost devoured by a pack of wolves. Not offering to take Isla's jacket just in case she needed to stay warm a little longer, Ever slips out of his own and drapes it over one arm. "Well if that's the case—" And honestly, Everest doubted that there was anything that Isla wasn't good at. "I suppose if you ever want to get rid of Ronin, you could just sing at him and see what happens?" Having had the then-Star prancing after he and Mateo had been a more or less regular occurrence when they'd been growing up.
"There...may or may not already be wine upstairs." The aviator says with a sly smile. "Both red and white." He adds with a bashful scrunch of his nose. "Though if you'd like to bring something else..?"
Even if I had to lose you to know you I'd still be that temporary phase that you grow through
