you put me on & said i was your favourite
The dagger zips back to her hand with a glittering hiss of displaced air, the golden hilt warm in her palm. Flora catches it with a flick, barely missing a step—only to stagger half a heartbeat later as something large and glowing barrels past her on padded feet.
"WH—Soh?" she blurts, breath catching as recognition sets in. The tide jaguar gleams like moonlight on oil, all radiant pelt and fluid menace. Flora’s seen Soh shift before, of course—had once drunkenly braided feathers into her owl form for a party—but this? This is something else. Something bright and beautiful and dangerous in a way that makes Flora’s chest twist, sharp and sudden. But now’s not the time.
"Okay, you’re definitely explaining that later," she calls, voice tight as she bolts after the big cat, her daggers flashing in both hands now. Another delphinid breaches behind them, close enough to catch the stink of void-touched breath, but Flora doesn’t look back. Her sandals slap against the bone-white bridge, her curls whipping into her face as she sprints.
"Go!" she urges Sohalia, half-laughing, half-breathless. "Once we get off the bridge, there's no way for them to follow."
Right?
"WH—Soh?" she blurts, breath catching as recognition sets in. The tide jaguar gleams like moonlight on oil, all radiant pelt and fluid menace. Flora’s seen Soh shift before, of course—had once drunkenly braided feathers into her owl form for a party—but this? This is something else. Something bright and beautiful and dangerous in a way that makes Flora’s chest twist, sharp and sudden. But now’s not the time.
"Okay, you’re definitely explaining that later," she calls, voice tight as she bolts after the big cat, her daggers flashing in both hands now. Another delphinid breaches behind them, close enough to catch the stink of void-touched breath, but Flora doesn’t look back. Her sandals slap against the bone-white bridge, her curls whipping into her face as she sprints.
"Go!" she urges Sohalia, half-laughing, half-breathless. "Once we get off the bridge, there's no way for them to follow."
Right?
