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Flora exhales sharply, dragging a hand through her curls, frustration simmering just beneath the surface but tempered now by the sheer exhaustion of having this same argument over and over. "That's exactly the point of talking to Dahlia again," she sighs, tilting her head at Sunjata. "To find out what else they might actually want." Because if there was something besides war on the table—if there was even one other option—then wasn’t it worth knowing? And if there wasn't, wasn't that worth knowing, too?
Her shoulders sag slightly as she glances over at him, expression shifting as she realizes her earlier irritation had made her a bit more combative than she'd meant to be. "And—yeah, okay, I did miss you saying that about needing blood from the Family." Her lips press together, before she exhales slowly, nodding. "Sorry."
She turns her gaze across the group, brows arching as she spreads her hands. [dsu]"But seriously. Do any of you actually think that going to Starfall and fighting your way through void creatures to god knows what is less risky than going to Stormbreak to try and get Dahlia to spill a little blood?" Her gaze flicks between them, challenging but not unkind. "Surely between the three of you, you could make that happen and then we'd have somewhere actually safe."
When Hadama turns his ever-calm scrutiny toward her and asks whether she sees anything—whether she looks at the infected and sees what Sunjata does—Flora shakes her head.But that's only because we hadn't worked out how the void worked back then so don't read into it too much.
Another sigh escapes her, and she rubs at her temples before finally fixing them all with a slightly more subdued look. "Look," she murmurs, some of the fight draining from her posture as she shifts her weight. "I just…" She hesitates, then gestures vaguely at the space between them. "I don't think things are as straight forward as you're making them seem. I helped cleanse two areas of the void and was killed for it. Ronin interfered and had the rapier stolen and was infected, and now Halo has been targeted because of the springs." Her voice is quieter now, less sharp, less accusing and a good deal more scared. "I'm really not trying to be such a bitch about this, I just...I think if you go in there, either you'll lose which is bad, or you'll win, which might be worse." Glancing at Deimos, Flora raises a brow. "If Dahlia was mad that you took a random bird from Stormbreak, what do you think the Family is going to do when you go to their island and start stealing away parts of it?"
Her shoulders sag slightly as she glances over at him, expression shifting as she realizes her earlier irritation had made her a bit more combative than she'd meant to be. "And—yeah, okay, I did miss you saying that about needing blood from the Family." Her lips press together, before she exhales slowly, nodding. "Sorry."
She turns her gaze across the group, brows arching as she spreads her hands. [dsu]"But seriously. Do any of you actually think that going to Starfall and fighting your way through void creatures to god knows what is less risky than going to Stormbreak to try and get Dahlia to spill a little blood?" Her gaze flicks between them, challenging but not unkind. "Surely between the three of you, you could make that happen and then we'd have somewhere actually safe."
When Hadama turns his ever-calm scrutiny toward her and asks whether she sees anything—whether she looks at the infected and sees what Sunjata does—Flora shakes her head.
Another sigh escapes her, and she rubs at her temples before finally fixing them all with a slightly more subdued look. "Look," she murmurs, some of the fight draining from her posture as she shifts her weight. "I just…" She hesitates, then gestures vaguely at the space between them. "I don't think things are as straight forward as you're making them seem. I helped cleanse two areas of the void and was killed for it. Ronin interfered and had the rapier stolen and was infected, and now Halo has been targeted because of the springs." Her voice is quieter now, less sharp, less accusing and a good deal more scared. "I'm really not trying to be such a bitch about this, I just...I think if you go in there, either you'll lose which is bad, or you'll win, which might be worse." Glancing at Deimos, Flora raises a brow. "If Dahlia was mad that you took a random bird from Stormbreak, what do you think the Family is going to do when you go to their island and start stealing away parts of it?"
Flexing like a goddamn acrobat
Me and karma vibe like that
Me and karma vibe like that
