NIKI
If nothing else, the production of the trinkets on the table between them will at least serve to pass the time before the meteor shower, if and when it does appear, and Niki smiles to hear her appreciation of his craft. It isn't is preferred thing to create - not even close - but it certainly helps him to pay his way in the Greatwood. "They are an exercise in patience at times," he admits with a ready nod, though his laughter dies in his throat as she makes mention of the butterfly, pink flushing his cheeks all the way to the tips of his ears.
"Ah - no," he says quickly, though he doesn't reach for the jar - the specimen is already out in the open after all, so it isn't as if hiding it is going to achieve anything. "I am an Abandoned with a curious sort of magic. I can... reanimate creatures like this; small insects and mammals and the like. I found this on the way up here. I was going to use it to practice."
Which doesn't sound any less macabre, now that you mention it.
Anyway.
"Yes, that one. I did not want to presume." That her tits were indeed out or that it was definitely Safrin and not just a striking likeness. "Perhaps one day I will need to branch out and see it for myself. Torchline, I mean." Not the titty goddess - he's already seen that with his own eyes, in fairness.
"Ah - no," he says quickly, though he doesn't reach for the jar - the specimen is already out in the open after all, so it isn't as if hiding it is going to achieve anything. "I am an Abandoned with a curious sort of magic. I can... reanimate creatures like this; small insects and mammals and the like. I found this on the way up here. I was going to use it to practice."
Which doesn't sound any less macabre, now that you mention it.
Anyway.
"Yes, that one. I did not want to presume." That her tits were indeed out or that it was definitely Safrin and not just a striking likeness. "Perhaps one day I will need to branch out and see it for myself. Torchline, I mean." Not the titty goddess - he's already seen that with his own eyes, in fairness.
my body's on the line now; I can't fight this time now
I can feel the light shine on my face
I can feel the light shine on my face
