DEIMOS
He probably should’ve expected it – in hindsight – given how other things had gone with Vox in the past. Still, he had figured it was all a vague exercise and nothing more; save for when the crackle started. His body went unyielding immediately, spine ramrod straight and tight with tension as the words phrased and slipped amidst the stillness; jaw muscles tightening, eyes narrowing into slits. Hadn’t he and Jack just discussed how to get ahold of the –
But it wouldn’t have mattered. Gone within an instant. All that was left was the tension from the moment, and his all-enduring irritation and abhorrence. “Well, I lost my appetite,” he managed to grumble outwards, turning over the paper and immediately setting it ablaze in the palm of his hand. The peppermint bark soon followed, nose wrinkling in disgust. “And that answers my questions about letters.” Vox could read those too – meaning any and all attempts at their measures towards safeguarding against the Family had to be done either through Attuned bonds, or something else altogether.
But it wouldn’t have mattered. Gone within an instant. All that was left was the tension from the moment, and his all-enduring irritation and abhorrence. “Well, I lost my appetite,” he managed to grumble outwards, turning over the paper and immediately setting it ablaze in the palm of his hand. The peppermint bark soon followed, nose wrinkling in disgust. “And that answers my questions about letters.” Vox could read those too – meaning any and all attempts at their measures towards safeguarding against the Family had to be done either through Attuned bonds, or something else altogether.
think about this
you have the ability to survive anything
you have the ability to survive anything
