JUDE
the light of dawn is coming
He only has her silence and reticence as a guide, and it leaves him adrift in this endless channel between them. His selfishness is a hollow and empty thing - he has little left to live for but Noe. Perhaps his herald would disapprove and disagree, but Jude won't let himself envision anything after the exact next step that awaits him.
Another unknown name - Lena - makes a muscle in his jaw twitch as his eyes dart away. Not dropping, no, because there is no shame or doubt here but anger instead. Anger that hadn't left him even after confronting Koa. "Great," he echoes hollowly, managing not to press it through the gaps of his clenched teeth through willpower alone.
Maybe that's why he doesn't take her up on the offer immediately. Jude isn't used to being angry even now, and if he unglues his tongue from the back of his teeth he isn't sure what will come out. It leaves too long of a space between her offer and his response that surely makes him look like an ass, but it's better than a worse alternative. "Yeah, sure. Which way were you going? So we don't comb back over what we've already checked." Jude lets her lead because clearly she's a little better at it. It gives him a fraction of time to try and swallow down the acid in his throat.
Another unknown name - Lena - makes a muscle in his jaw twitch as his eyes dart away. Not dropping, no, because there is no shame or doubt here but anger instead. Anger that hadn't left him even after confronting Koa. "Great," he echoes hollowly, managing not to press it through the gaps of his clenched teeth through willpower alone.
Maybe that's why he doesn't take her up on the offer immediately. Jude isn't used to being angry even now, and if he unglues his tongue from the back of his teeth he isn't sure what will come out. It leaves too long of a space between her offer and his response that surely makes him look like an ass, but it's better than a worse alternative. "Yeah, sure. Which way were you going? So we don't comb back over what we've already checked." Jude lets her lead because clearly she's a little better at it. It gives him a fraction of time to try and swallow down the acid in his throat.
ready to return everything the darkness stole
