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Flora exhales softly, shoulders lifting in a small, uncertain shrug. "Maybe I’m putting too much focus on it," she says, though the way her mouth twists suggests she doesn’t entirely believe that herself. Flora would never mislead someone just to keep from hurting her feelings, but then, she and Soh obviously handled things very differently, and maybe it was nothing more than that. This line of thought has Flora missing the way Niki's eyes trail through the crowd, and where they, if only briefly, linger.
Letting out a quiet laugh at Niki's phrasing, Flora briefly looks toward Colt, lips twitching before she looks back to him. "Well, that’s still a dick move, right? Because I thought we were friends," she says, the frustration slipping through more clearly now. She pauses, then adds with a small shake of her head, "Honestly, I’d rather have someone intentionally do something than just.. be that thoughtless, you know?"
Her eyes widen as he continues, nodding emphatically. "Yeah, but like, since she started dating this guy she’s just...it’s like she’s not herself," she says, the words coming a little quicker now. "For instance, Kai said something that hurt her feelings, because he was being a moron and didn’t think, which—okay, fair, absolutely be mad at him—but normally Soh is super forgiving, but on that day she just left upset at him. Which I get, but then she told me, like to my actual face, that she just didn’t want to see him for a while?" She shakes her head, clearly still stuck on it. "She’s not one to hold a grudge, and yet it was a super cold shoulder."
Another breath, another small, helpless shrug. "So anyway, now with this whole maybe-moving-to-the-desert thing and not wanting my help with anything, I just...don’t feel like she’ll stay here much longer."
Letting out a quiet laugh at Niki's phrasing, Flora briefly looks toward Colt, lips twitching before she looks back to him. "Well, that’s still a dick move, right? Because I thought we were friends," she says, the frustration slipping through more clearly now. She pauses, then adds with a small shake of her head, "Honestly, I’d rather have someone intentionally do something than just.. be that thoughtless, you know?"
Her eyes widen as he continues, nodding emphatically. "Yeah, but like, since she started dating this guy she’s just...it’s like she’s not herself," she says, the words coming a little quicker now. "For instance, Kai said something that hurt her feelings, because he was being a moron and didn’t think, which—okay, fair, absolutely be mad at him—but normally Soh is super forgiving, but on that day she just left upset at him. Which I get, but then she told me, like to my actual face, that she just didn’t want to see him for a while?" She shakes her head, clearly still stuck on it. "She’s not one to hold a grudge, and yet it was a super cold shoulder."
Another breath, another small, helpless shrug. "So anyway, now with this whole maybe-moving-to-the-desert thing and not wanting my help with anything, I just...don’t feel like she’ll stay here much longer."
Fever dream high in the quiet of the night
You know that I caught it
You know that I caught it
