that's what I tell him

flora

Flora hums, aqua eyes narrowing slightly as she lets the idea settle. "Gods, you’re probably right," she sighs, fingers idly tracing along the inside of his wrist beneath the water, her expression twisting into something equal parts frustration and reluctant acceptance. "It’d be smart, wouldn’t it? If they figured out how to stop them from growing?" She exhales through her nose, tipping her head back to rest against the smooth stone, gaze flickering toward the curling steam above them. "So much for divine intervention," she mutters, though there’s no real bitterness in her tone, just the weary kind of resignation that comes with being unsurprised by the worst possibilities since, you know, that's basically all they had these days.

At his nudge, she snaps back to the present, her smirk returning as she loosens her hold just enough to flick a bit of water in his direction. "Oh, yeah, because I love nothing more than wandering aimlessly through the wilderness," she drawls. "Honestly, I don’t even know where I’d go next. Right back to Torchline to fight with Jack some more?"

Flora tilts her head toward him, smirk softening just slightly, the smallest hint of sincerity creeping in beneath the teasing. "I’ll come back with you," she says, aqua gaze flickering over his face, watching the way the soft light plays against the planes of his features. "I've got one more thing to take care of in the Greatwood before going south."

I want to be when you fall on me like night
I wanna kill the lights

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!