Down and out, and out of luck, we're spinning but the needle's stuck
The expletive from his lips didn't bother her. Power was surging through her veins, leeching out with the flowing blood, and it felt good. Warm, velvety, it lingered like a metallic tang on her tongue and it was so seductive that she reached down for the disc on the deck, to see if she could squeeze more crimson joy out of her veins.
A stab of pain punched into her shoulder before she could do anything else however, and as Talyson had hoped it disrupted her focus. Hissing and clutching the upper arm to keep from agitating the wound, the next time she looked up her eyes were back to normal again, and with a nauseating realization of what she'd been about to do, Maea backed off.
"A-apparently." she got out, teeth chattering in the aftermath of that black delight. Her hand hurt; squeezing it tightly to agitate the already present wound, it was the bloodboon she called for this time, to close the cuts and stop the bleeding before she made a mess. "You okay?"
It wasn't like she wanted to quit, exactly. But it might be best for everyone involved to pause at least for a moment before they continued. And she felt... felt like she owed Tal a free shot. For using him as a test subject in the first place.
A stab of pain punched into her shoulder before she could do anything else however, and as Talyson had hoped it disrupted her focus. Hissing and clutching the upper arm to keep from agitating the wound, the next time she looked up her eyes were back to normal again, and with a nauseating realization of what she'd been about to do, Maea backed off.
"A-apparently." she got out, teeth chattering in the aftermath of that black delight. Her hand hurt; squeezing it tightly to agitate the already present wound, it was the bloodboon she called for this time, to close the cuts and stop the bleeding before she made a mess. "You okay?"
It wasn't like she wanted to quit, exactly. But it might be best for everyone involved to pause at least for a moment before they continued. And she felt... felt like she owed Tal a free shot. For using him as a test subject in the first place.
Maea
