your touch brought forth an incandescent glow, tarnished but so grand
Watching as Jack douses himself with water, Flora is quick to hide her girlish grin once he straightens, instead offering him a measured smile as she tries to push down the colourful plumes of relief that explode in her mind to see him back to his usual nonsense.
Accepting the cup once more, the queen's smile falters as she stares down into the bucket of water, and then the bloodstains on her leggings. "Well, not without my dads, yeah." She agrees, both aware that they wouldn't have shown up without her without wanting to take the credit for anything they'd done. She had gotten in a few lucky shots before nearly dying, and—
—swallowing hard, Flora forces the thoughts from her mind. It had been bad enough to feel swamped by the purple haze that had come from the panther's presence, and the last thing she wanted to do was subject Jack to it (again?) now, while he was still recovering. Instead, as she holds the glass up above her head, she raises her eyebrows in a please do the same for me gesture before letting it trickle onto her scalp where it hopefully wouldn't splash all over Jack's floor.
"That...sucked out there." She adds softly, drawing her knees up to her chest now that her feet weren't still on fire. "I don't think I've ever felt quite so useless.."
Accepting the cup once more, the queen's smile falters as she stares down into the bucket of water, and then the bloodstains on her leggings. "Well, not without my dads, yeah." She agrees, both aware that they wouldn't have shown up without her without wanting to take the credit for anything they'd done. She had gotten in a few lucky shots before nearly dying, and—
—swallowing hard, Flora forces the thoughts from her mind. It had been bad enough to feel swamped by the purple haze that had come from the panther's presence, and the last thing she wanted to do was subject Jack to it (again?) now, while he was still recovering. Instead, as she holds the glass up above her head, she raises her eyebrows in a please do the same for me gesture before letting it trickle onto her scalp where it hopefully wouldn't splash all over Jack's floor.
"That...sucked out there." She adds softly, drawing her knees up to her chest now that her feet weren't still on fire. "I don't think I've ever felt quite so useless.."
