ISLA
Isla takes his hand immediately, of course, because even if things won't be alright, no part of her doubts that Remi will be able to make it feel okay regardless. Her fingers are warm, but that's more because of what she is than how she's feeling, and Ancients aren't renowned for being cold and clammy unless things are far more wrong than a pregnancy. Her smile flinches, uncertain at first, though as he speaks beyond the initial shock of her announcement, the relief that floods through his magic will be immediate.
"Yeah?" she says, exhaling a shaky breath that she feels like she's been holding for days. "I... thank you. Sorry, I just..." Laughing now as well and feeling tears start to well up in her eyes again (hormones, what are you gonna do?) Isla gives his hand a gentle squeeze and scoffs, shaking her head in response to his last remark. "That's because we weren't," she says. "We were careful, always. We put it down to my connection to Dygra and... y'know, chaos being what it is." Code for yes Remi, good gods, the baby is Ever's.
"Which is why I wanted you to tell me it's not a bad thing," she adds, sniffing and resisting the urge to grab one of the sugar cubes to pop it straight into her mouth. "Obviously it was a shock for both of us, but I wasn't sure how Ever was going to take it, so..." So she's been holding a lot of it in, as is painfully clear now. "He's been great by the way, before you ask. With me, with the news, all of it."
"Yeah?" she says, exhaling a shaky breath that she feels like she's been holding for days. "I... thank you. Sorry, I just..." Laughing now as well and feeling tears start to well up in her eyes again (hormones, what are you gonna do?) Isla gives his hand a gentle squeeze and scoffs, shaking her head in response to his last remark. "That's because we weren't," she says. "We were careful, always. We put it down to my connection to Dygra and... y'know, chaos being what it is." Code for yes Remi, good gods, the baby is Ever's.
"Which is why I wanted you to tell me it's not a bad thing," she adds, sniffing and resisting the urge to grab one of the sugar cubes to pop it straight into her mouth. "Obviously it was a shock for both of us, but I wasn't sure how Ever was going to take it, so..." So she's been holding a lot of it in, as is painfully clear now. "He's been great by the way, before you ask. With me, with the news, all of it."
she's a runner
rebel, and a stunner
rebel, and a stunner
