[ME] The Ride is Worth the Fall

Sohalia

Sohalia stepped into Flora 's hug with the kind of relieved exhale of someone searching for safe harbor in a storm, squeezing tight until the Doubletake moved away. Then she shot a friendly smile at Kaisel, her gaze flicking conspiratorially back to Flora at her husband's innuendo. But her expression quickly dropped into something that fell somewhere between excited and anxious and ended up firmly at nauseated. "Oh my gods, really?" she asked Flora, trying her best not to be too obvious about her (entirely fair, in her opinion) desire to buck Koa off.

At about that moment, Soh's next shot was delivered, and she picked up the glass, toying with it as Kai expressed his own excitement about Koa's decision to ride. "I didn't come to the rodeo last time," she confided in the couple. "So I have no idea what to expect. I mean, I get the whole 'buck 'em off as fast as possible' part, but like..." She trailed off, biting her lower lip nervously. "Who else has signed up? Do you know?" she asked Flora.

it's just a spark, but it's enough to keep me going