I will not be another flower, picked for my beauty and left to die.
The expression on Vesper's face reveals Nova's error in thought. She tries not to be too obvious, but her smile falls slightly as a pang of guilt and concern for her brother. Can we do anything to help? If she needs to scare people away from them, she'll do that. If she has to keep humming or clinging to him like a balm, she'll do that. If he wants to leave (as disappointed as she'll be), she'll do that. Her siblings come first, and it hurts to see him in pain.
Nova discards the discomfort like a piece of annoying lint on her clothes when Vespy draws attention to where Jack and Flora stand. She wonders if people coming back to life are a 'common' occurrence here since there's pleasant surprise but no shocked chaos around the event. However, she doesn't have much time to linger on the curiosity as Jack makes his way to them. She snags a piece of Calypso's candy, laughing lightly as she pops it in her mouth. "To be fair, we didn't even know you were dead until you were alive again." And she's already seen him alive and 'well' when they left offerings for Safrin. Do people bring lanterns for those who 'have died' or those who 'are dead'? Seems like an important distinction that she doesn't want to puzzle over right now.
Smiling brightly at the Captain, she tucks a stray piece of pink hair back with the gold strands as she rocks forward on the balls of her feet. The movement accentuates her own white stars speckled across her cheeks. She shoots him a playful wink. "I guess a 'welcome back' is in order." Unlike Caly, she doesn't get all sappy about it. The past is the past, and he's obviously standing before them, still as snarky as ever. Maybe when he stays dead, she'll think about what they might have missed out on as 'father'/'daughter.' For now, her mind is a bright rainbow of amusement, not a cloud in sight.
Nova discards the discomfort like a piece of annoying lint on her clothes when Vespy draws attention to where Jack and Flora stand. She wonders if people coming back to life are a 'common' occurrence here since there's pleasant surprise but no shocked chaos around the event. However, she doesn't have much time to linger on the curiosity as Jack makes his way to them. She snags a piece of Calypso's candy, laughing lightly as she pops it in her mouth. "To be fair, we didn't even know you were dead until you were alive again." And she's already seen him alive and 'well' when they left offerings for Safrin. Do people bring lanterns for those who 'have died' or those who 'are dead'? Seems like an important distinction that she doesn't want to puzzle over right now.
Smiling brightly at the Captain, she tucks a stray piece of pink hair back with the gold strands as she rocks forward on the balls of her feet. The movement accentuates her own white stars speckled across her cheeks. She shoots him a playful wink. "I guess a 'welcome back' is in order." Unlike Caly, she doesn't get all sappy about it. The past is the past, and he's obviously standing before them, still as snarky as ever. Maybe when he stays dead, she'll think about what they might have missed out on as 'father'/'daughter.' For now, her mind is a bright rainbow of amusement, not a cloud in sight.
Nova
I will be wild, difficult to find, and impossible to forget.
