Sohalia
Soh droned on, oblivious to the sudden stuttering of Koa's heart. She didn't know about Flora and Koa - not yet, anyway - but if she had, she would have been mortified, might have insisted that he let her wander Stormbreak alone rather than be bound by any sense of obligation to escort her. It was an argument that she might not have won, but she would have tried - tried to spare him the pain that he no doubt felt to have been rejected not once, but twice. Something that her very presence had to remind him of.
His response to her inquiry was terse and distracted. Perhaps he was just keeping an eye out, watching for danger as they hurried down street after street. Maybe she should stop talking and let him do his job, since that was surely all this was for him - just another assignment to be completed. It was possible that that was all that would ever again be between them.
But Soh wasn't okay with that.
Maybe it was selfish of her, but she wanted Koa to look at her, to talk to her, without it being a painful reminder of what once might have been. So despite her better judgment telling her to shut up and walk in awkward silence, she tried again. "And your family? I trust they're well?" She may not have gotten along particularly well with Noe, but it seemed like a safe enough conversation topic.
His response to her inquiry was terse and distracted. Perhaps he was just keeping an eye out, watching for danger as they hurried down street after street. Maybe she should stop talking and let him do his job, since that was surely all this was for him - just another assignment to be completed. It was possible that that was all that would ever again be between them.
But Soh wasn't okay with that.
Maybe it was selfish of her, but she wanted Koa to look at her, to talk to her, without it being a painful reminder of what once might have been. So despite her better judgment telling her to shut up and walk in awkward silence, she tried again. "And your family? I trust they're well?" She may not have gotten along particularly well with Noe, but it seemed like a safe enough conversation topic.
Minor powerplay allowed without permission.
Feel free to use force/magic on Sohalia.
Feel free to use force/magic on Sohalia.
