[SE] killing me slow

Sohalia

Sohalia had been called many things in her lifetime, but never before had she considered herself a badass. She was so rarely on the front lines of anything, and when she was, she usually fell before someone or something bigger or badder than her. So when Flora regarded her with something like reverence, Soh stared at her, bemused by the notion that someone might think her worthy of such awe. The moment passed quickly, though, and with both women being none the worse for wear, there was nothing to keep them from continuing to chat and gossip.

With the delphinids behind them and Flora looking at her expectantly, a stain of pink tinged Soh's cheeks. "I don't really... know," she admitted, her brows knitting together in thought. "I mean, it went really well in some ways, but I still don't know what we are." She fidgeted with her hair, running a hand through golden waves dampened with sweat, wincing as her fingers snagged on a tangle.

As she tried to fix her hair, she told Flora everything - the awkward avoidance, the body shot, the finished quest, and the hookup in the back room. "I don't regret it, exactly," she told her friend when she was done, frowning out over the landscape. "I just... I guess I thought that it might change things. But we're not a couple, and I'm not even sure if we're friends or - or allies, or what."

these aching memories still dance around me