your touch brought forth an incandescent glow, tarnished but so grand
"Maybe," Flora conceeds with a frown, before stiffening. "Except Remi literally like...ambushed Jack in a supply closet in the Tavern. And then when we came over for dinner, the two of them had it out while Ronin just walked away." Overprotective was one thing, but the queen was still rigid in her belief that both the Knight and Bastion were firmly in douchebag territory. "They can be overprotective, but it's still my life, you know? And if my heart gets broken, well..." Trying not to let her expression falter too much, though the fact that Jack more or less had told her that he was incapable of loving her weighed heavily on her mind, Flora shakes her head. "..I mean, that's still my choice." She concludes defiantly if not a touch sadly.
Glancing sharply over her shoulder and not bothering to hide her surprise—whether Flora had or hadn't known this tidbit about Asta's past was lost in the chaotic way that their relationship had ended—the queen lets her lips comically part. "Wait, really? That's crazy." It wasn't, not when you thought about it, but in the moment Flora couldn't fathom that Asta had ever been anything other than the impeccably dressed predator that stood before her.
"Yeah...I think maybe Safrin cares a little bit more about it than the other gods do, but..." Glancing at the shrine, she shrugs. "She's never let me down yet, so I guess doing this isn't that much of a chore, you know?"
Glancing sharply over her shoulder and not bothering to hide her surprise—whether Flora had or hadn't known this tidbit about Asta's past was lost in the chaotic way that their relationship had ended—the queen lets her lips comically part. "Wait, really? That's crazy." It wasn't, not when you thought about it, but in the moment Flora couldn't fathom that Asta had ever been anything other than the impeccably dressed predator that stood before her.
"Yeah...I think maybe Safrin cares a little bit more about it than the other gods do, but..." Glancing at the shrine, she shrugs. "She's never let me down yet, so I guess doing this isn't that much of a chore, you know?"
