NIKI
"Perhaps not," Niki admits slowly, considering. "They say the Warden of Halo used to be an Abandoned, and he is quite heavily favoured by Safrin," he continues. He knows very little of the man other than that, but it proves Sunjata's point, that anyone can get cozy with the gods with the right amount of skill (and probably no shortage of luck, too).
Those thoughts barely have the chance to sink in for later consideration, of course, when Sunjata is smiling wickedly enough that Niki can sense it even with his attention pinned away from the other man's face. He's already fighting for his life to stifle the heat in his cheeks when the Flood makes it entirely worse, and gods help Niki for falling back on instinct, but he comes to the immediate conclusion that Frey's demigod must be making fun of him.
And that helps, at least, the bitterness in the back of his throat giving him time to stitch together his composure again, and when he exhales a sigh it sounds tired, if not a little more comfortable; this, at least, is familiar ground. "Do I not seem relaxed enough to you?" He asks primly, raising his eyebrows at Sunjata and glancing up at him at last.
Those thoughts barely have the chance to sink in for later consideration, of course, when Sunjata is smiling wickedly enough that Niki can sense it even with his attention pinned away from the other man's face. He's already fighting for his life to stifle the heat in his cheeks when the Flood makes it entirely worse, and gods help Niki for falling back on instinct, but he comes to the immediate conclusion that Frey's demigod must be making fun of him.
And that helps, at least, the bitterness in the back of his throat giving him time to stitch together his composure again, and when he exhales a sigh it sounds tired, if not a little more comfortable; this, at least, is familiar ground. "Do I not seem relaxed enough to you?" He asks primly, raising his eyebrows at Sunjata and glancing up at him at last.
stay your pretty eyes on course
keep the memories of who i was before
keep the memories of who i was before
