She pointedly ignored the peryton in favor of a laugh. "I would have spent more time looking if I'd thought it'd be this easy, but I think it was purely luck. If anything, Theea might have been the good luck charm." Not to say she'd stop looking next time she was in the Greatwood, but she was nothing if not logical, and the probability of her finding a second one would border on being a miracle.
Letting the bag fall into Deimos's possession, she looked up at him in surprise. Not a would you like something?, but a what would you like?, as if it was a guarantee. Elizabeth couldn't tell whether she should be offended by the question, her smile faltering slightly. "That wasn't really something I'd thought about..." Had she come off as someone who would only help if it was beneficial to her? Had her months of assistance been seen as a selfish means to an end rather than an intentional desire to improve her new home and the lives of the people in it? The suspicion was surprisingly hurtful, and she let it show through in the sadness of her smile. "My only motive had been to help."
Letting the bag fall into Deimos's possession, she looked up at him in surprise. Not a would you like something?, but a what would you like?, as if it was a guarantee. Elizabeth couldn't tell whether she should be offended by the question, her smile faltering slightly. "That wasn't really something I'd thought about..." Had she come off as someone who would only help if it was beneficial to her? Had her months of assistance been seen as a selfish means to an end rather than an intentional desire to improve her new home and the lives of the people in it? The suspicion was surprisingly hurtful, and she let it show through in the sadness of her smile. "My only motive had been to help."
Elizabeth Fraiser
