If you could go back to yesterday
Soh snorted. "It's hard to map a desert," she admitted. "There aren't that many lasting landmarks out there. It's just sand and bones, and they shift all the time." But maybe, with Colt's plans, that was going to change. They would need roads, and at least one town, and maybe Soh could suggest some kind of magical signposts or something to help with navigation.
She felt the shift in Flora immediately as the Doubletake lurched just slightly, clearly taken aback by the admission. It felt wrong to stun her so thoroughly, but it would have been worse, in Soh's opinion, to hide it from her only to have it come up later. Soh watched as Flora turned to search her face; an apology blossomed in her eyes. There hadn't really been a careful way to say it that she could think of, but she wished that it hadn't been quite so abrupt.
She reached out a hand to lace her fingers with Flora's, hoping to reassure her. "I told her I was flattered," she said, each word deliberate and calm. "And that I'd think about it." She paused, as though arranging her words carefully, like she was worried she might wound Flora if they came out wrong. "I don't want to leave you," she said softly. "Especially not for Hak Etme."
But there was a reason she hadn't politely declined, wasn't there, and didn't Flora deserve the truth? "But it would be nice to find a purpose again. Not with this, necessarily, just... I thought I'd enjoy taking some time to figure out what I want to do, but I just feel... aimless, sometimes."
She felt the shift in Flora immediately as the Doubletake lurched just slightly, clearly taken aback by the admission. It felt wrong to stun her so thoroughly, but it would have been worse, in Soh's opinion, to hide it from her only to have it come up later. Soh watched as Flora turned to search her face; an apology blossomed in her eyes. There hadn't really been a careful way to say it that she could think of, but she wished that it hadn't been quite so abrupt.
She reached out a hand to lace her fingers with Flora's, hoping to reassure her. "I told her I was flattered," she said, each word deliberate and calm. "And that I'd think about it." She paused, as though arranging her words carefully, like she was worried she might wound Flora if they came out wrong. "I don't want to leave you," she said softly. "Especially not for Hak Etme."
But there was a reason she hadn't politely declined, wasn't there, and didn't Flora deserve the truth? "But it would be nice to find a purpose again. Not with this, necessarily, just... I thought I'd enjoy taking some time to figure out what I want to do, but I just feel... aimless, sometimes."
Would you change it all for me?
Minor powerplay allowed without permission.
Feel free to use force/magic on Sohalia.
Feel free to use force/magic on Sohalia.
