She didn't really want to comfort the woman when she wasn't feeling especially 'friendly' now, but she could see the panic and overthinking begin to spread across her face, making Thal sigh in tired exasperation. "Relaaax. I just don't appreciate those kinds of jokes." Her face was a soft frown, although more annoyed than angry. Pulling a tendril of fire toward her, she twisted it through her fingers to watch how it flickered. She let it swirl around her wrist before snuffing it out in her hand.
When she looked back up at Maea, the emotion in her eyes was veiled with courtesy caution. "Poke and tease at anything else, but don't imply I'm somehow less intelligent just because I don't care about the existential nonsense of the world." Or that she was stupid - period - but she'd keep things relevant for the moment.
When she looked back up at Maea, the emotion in her eyes was veiled with courtesy caution. "Poke and tease at anything else, but don't imply I'm somehow less intelligent just because I don't care about the existential nonsense of the world." Or that she was stupid - period - but she'd keep things relevant for the moment.
thalassa
so don't waste the time i don't have
