Soh listened as Flora pulled back, her eyes searching her friend’s face with a mixture of anger and disbelief. She hadn’t been angry before, but she was now - because at the end of the day, of course she understood. Soh would have done anything for Torchline, anyone for the people she loved. She would have leapt at the chance to protect those she cared about, and damn the consequences. She could even understand the secrecy - with Vox seemingly everywhere, Flora couldn’t risk her plans being in the open.
No, it was her best friend’s complete disregard for her own life that had Sohalia fuming, and it was with a certain ache in her heart and a fire in her gaze that she stared Flora down.
”Flora, don’t you get it? It’s not about why you did it. It’s not even about keeping it a secret. It’s just, it’s - you’re not expendable, Flora!” she nearly shouted, her tears overflowing as she took her friend by the shoulders, willing her to hear the desperation in her voice. ”What if something had gone wrong? What if Ronin didn’t get to you in time? You could’ve been gone, Flora. Gone forever, and I -“ Her throat closed on the words. She couldn’t have borne losing Flora for a second time.
”And then,” Soh continued, a hysterical laugh falling from her lips even as tears continued to drip down her cheeks, ”Having to see you - infected you, and knowing that there wasn’t a damn thing I could do except pray that your plan worked - and even now, having to question if this is even real?” She took a shuddering breath. Another. ”Flora, I can’t - you can’t just - fuck, Flora!“
Soh had well and truly lost her composure now, and she released Flora’s shoulders to wrap her arms around herself, raising one hand to wipe messily at the tears. ”I get it,” she hiccuped after a moment. ”I do, because I’d have done it, too. But don’t pretend you wouldn’t have been worried out of your mind if you’d done the same thing to me. I’m not mad because you did something reckless and brave and brilliant - I’m furious because you don’t seem to realize that you are way too important to the people around you to be throwing your life away like that.”
No, it was her best friend’s complete disregard for her own life that had Sohalia fuming, and it was with a certain ache in her heart and a fire in her gaze that she stared Flora down.
”Flora, don’t you get it? It’s not about why you did it. It’s not even about keeping it a secret. It’s just, it’s - you’re not expendable, Flora!” she nearly shouted, her tears overflowing as she took her friend by the shoulders, willing her to hear the desperation in her voice. ”What if something had gone wrong? What if Ronin didn’t get to you in time? You could’ve been gone, Flora. Gone forever, and I -“ Her throat closed on the words. She couldn’t have borne losing Flora for a second time.
”And then,” Soh continued, a hysterical laugh falling from her lips even as tears continued to drip down her cheeks, ”Having to see you - infected you, and knowing that there wasn’t a damn thing I could do except pray that your plan worked - and even now, having to question if this is even real?” She took a shuddering breath. Another. ”Flora, I can’t - you can’t just - fuck, Flora!“
Soh had well and truly lost her composure now, and she released Flora’s shoulders to wrap her arms around herself, raising one hand to wipe messily at the tears. ”I get it,” she hiccuped after a moment. ”I do, because I’d have done it, too. But don’t pretend you wouldn’t have been worried out of your mind if you’d done the same thing to me. I’m not mad because you did something reckless and brave and brilliant - I’m furious because you don’t seem to realize that you are way too important to the people around you to be throwing your life away like that.”
Minor powerplay allowed without permission.
Feel free to use force/magic on Sohalia.
Feel free to use force/magic on Sohalia.
