never be so kind you forget to be clever
Flora hummed softly, like maybe if she held the sound in her throat long enough it would shake Jack loose from her brain. It didn’t, obviously, but the effort counted for something. (Right?) She fixed her gaze on Melita instead, tracking the redhead’s movements through the surf like it was a lifeline—something tangible to anchor to instead of that stupid smirk or the sound of a door closing.
She opened her mouth to ask what memory Mel had given up, then snorted quietly. "Gods, I almost asked what it was." A wry twist of her mouth followed. She turned to squint at her friend, adjusting her sunglasses where they’d slipped down her nose. "But... did it feel different after? Like something was missing, or did it just kind of slot over and keep going?"
Her fingers tapped idly against the arm of the chair, thoughts chasing themselves in little, useless circles. LongNight trauma. Flora nodded slowly. She hadn’t really had LongNight trauma—not like some did. "...Hey," she said after a second, sitting up slightly. Her eyes narrowed behind the rose-gold lenses, something dawning in her expression. "I don't think I've ever asked—were you in the Hollowed Ground way back when? Like, when the barrier was up?"
She opened her mouth to ask what memory Mel had given up, then snorted quietly. "Gods, I almost asked what it was." A wry twist of her mouth followed. She turned to squint at her friend, adjusting her sunglasses where they’d slipped down her nose. "But... did it feel different after? Like something was missing, or did it just kind of slot over and keep going?"
Her fingers tapped idly against the arm of the chair, thoughts chasing themselves in little, useless circles. LongNight trauma. Flora nodded slowly. She hadn’t really had LongNight trauma—not like some did. "...Hey," she said after a second, sitting up slightly. Her eyes narrowed behind the rose-gold lenses, something dawning in her expression. "I don't think I've ever asked—were you in the Hollowed Ground way back when? Like, when the barrier was up?"
