[PQ] Better late than pregnant

Koa

Don't take this the wrong way
You knew who I was with every step that I ran to you

"Mad? I'm not mad- did she say that? Is she mad?" Not that she wouldn't have the right to anger - you've been kind of a weirdo, Koa - but this take is certainly bewildering to the boy. Sighing and shaking his handsome head, he tries to put his complex relationship into words. "It's just been weird, I guess? Like... I dunno."

And should Tal pry (even a little, let's be honest), he will be treated over the next few hours to a recap of Koa's currently rather fraught life, including his recent heartbreak (without much detail; still too raw), the reunion with Soh (confusing and not yet complete), and how he's currently sworn full-stop off dating for maybe the rest of his life (dubious). There's nothing like good, hard work to ease the Dragoon's mind, and by the time they reunite with the girls he's looking considerably more at ease.

Which isn't to say that he misses Soh's continued avoidance of him, or remains unbothered by it. Clenching his jaw unhappily at they way the Luminary hustles off, Koa turns to Tal with a wry smile. "Guess it's us again," he shrugs, idly testing a machete's weight. "I'll cut, you burn?" Because while, yes, objectively Tal is far stronger than Koa, the Dragoon still views himself as the brawn of this particular Himbo Team.

Only blue or black days
Electing strange perfections in any stranger I choose