NIKI
Inclining his head - worth a try is commendable, he supposes, even if it hasn't tugged at any of Niki's heartstrings - he does raise his eyebrows as the snowy-haired boy opposite brings up the Doubletake again. "You have... how to they say it... a crush on your father's girlfriend?" he guesses; after all, he had not brought up Flora's nature as being beautiful and deadly; that's all on Vesper. "What I do know is that there are many more than three people living in the Greatwood, and they all seem to be living and dying at an ordinary rate. I would not base my entire life on an exception."
But then Vesper starts to dig deeper, into perhaps more personal territory, and if there is any irritation in Niki at all, it shows only in the depths of his mind, the gears and cogs growing sleek and sharp as if coated with blood rather than grease. "Why is what I do with my time so important to you?" he wonders. "If you want the things I can create, compromises can be reached without my leaving the Greatwood. What makes your region the only one suitable for me and my leg?" He raiss his eyebrows.
But then Vesper starts to dig deeper, into perhaps more personal territory, and if there is any irritation in Niki at all, it shows only in the depths of his mind, the gears and cogs growing sleek and sharp as if coated with blood rather than grease. "Why is what I do with my time so important to you?" he wonders. "If you want the things I can create, compromises can be reached without my leaving the Greatwood. What makes your region the only one suitable for me and my leg?" He raiss his eyebrows.
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
