ISLA
"I'd hoped you would. I try to be nothing if not reasonable," Isla says softly, offering a sunny smile back to Ever as he mulls over her suggestions. With a compromise reached - and no cart needed for now - she offers back her tiger-stripe C selection with the implicit agreement between them that there will be no gnawing on it. And as they turn towards the next stall, she doesn't try to hide her interest as he speaks about his own shifts.
"I never realised that, about your tide jaguar," she says. "And I suppose your first shift makes sense in that way as well, given your family." Having grown up with Tobi and her canine shift, it seems logical that Ever would follow in that direction. Isla's mind is still turning over other examples and their imagined conclusions in her mind as they drift further into the marketplace, such that when Everest speaks again, it takes a second for her to realise just what he's said.
And in what tone he's said it.
And all the things the words imply.
"Everest Hart," Isla hisses playfully, her cheeks heating up as she fails to contain her smile. "I can only agree, you know. Perhaps later we'll have to investigate alternative behaviours. Even if it just means biting something else." She raises her eyebrows as well.
"I never realised that, about your tide jaguar," she says. "And I suppose your first shift makes sense in that way as well, given your family." Having grown up with Tobi and her canine shift, it seems logical that Ever would follow in that direction. Isla's mind is still turning over other examples and their imagined conclusions in her mind as they drift further into the marketplace, such that when Everest speaks again, it takes a second for her to realise just what he's said.
And in what tone he's said it.
And all the things the words imply.
"Everest Hart," Isla hisses playfully, her cheeks heating up as she fails to contain her smile. "I can only agree, you know. Perhaps later we'll have to investigate alternative behaviours. Even if it just means biting something else." She raises her eyebrows as well.
apres moi le deluge
after me comes the flood
after me comes the flood
