flora
Flora’s brows lift, slow and appraising, as the explanation settles into place. "Ohhh," she says, the sound drawn out, amused, nodding once as if the hills themselves have just been vindicated. "Yeah, okay, that makes sense." One corner of her mouth quirks as she adds, "Back in Torchline, the Hels will grab absolutely anything that catches the light, and if they can’t eat it they just...drop it. Usually on someone’s roof. Or head."
Her gaze flicks back to Calla as the woman speaks, catches the stumble mid-word without missing it, the way the sentence adjusts around something heavier than it lets on. Flora doesn’t comment on it outright, but the smile that curves her mouth is a little softer for it, less showy, more real. "I'm Flora," she offers simply in return, tipping her head.
Her eyes drift again, this time taking in the barrows properly; how they roll and repeat and disappear into the haze, how the smoke bends distance until the whole place feels endless and closed-in all at once. She exhales through her nose, slow, thoughtful, before looking back. "That’s..." A pause, not for drama, just for scale. "That’s huge, there's so much ground here. And it's just you?"
Her gaze flicks back to Calla as the woman speaks, catches the stumble mid-word without missing it, the way the sentence adjusts around something heavier than it lets on. Flora doesn’t comment on it outright, but the smile that curves her mouth is a little softer for it, less showy, more real. "I'm Flora," she offers simply in return, tipping her head.
Her eyes drift again, this time taking in the barrows properly; how they roll and repeat and disappear into the haze, how the smoke bends distance until the whole place feels endless and closed-in all at once. She exhales through her nose, slow, thoughtful, before looking back. "That’s..." A pause, not for drama, just for scale. "That’s huge, there's so much ground here. And it's just you?"
you don't know that you're living til' you're carrying scars
you're either falling in love or falling apart
you're either falling in love or falling apart
