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Flora nods immediately, emphatic and certain in a way that leaves no room for doubt. "Of course I will," she says, like the idea of not checking in on Sohalia isn’t even a possibility worth entertaining. The certainty softens a second later into something lighter, her mouth curving as she tips her head. "Maybe I’ll just...fill the house with pets or something so it still feels full and I don’t notice when people leave," she adds, the crooked grin taking any real sting out of the words even if it doesn’t erase it entirely. She'd always notice, whether it was out of Wildering House or Torchline.
As Niki gestures to himself, her eyes follow the motion without thinking, tracing the lanky line of his body before her gaze turns to his face with a slow blink marking the moment it clicks. "Oh!" she says, bright with understanding, and then just as quickly she’s shaking her head. "Of course not," she insists, the answer immediate and firm. "If anything, it makes you, like, incredibly suited for it. Although...do you think people will ever ask you to bring their loved ones back? Even if it isn't for real, but just so they can like..hug them again?" It could either be a wildly uncomfortable situation that Niki had to say no to, or a lucrative add-on service he could charge for, depending on the route he wanted to go.
She shrugs lightly after, tone easing again. "Though if you want to keep doing your metalwork, you could always ask Sunjata to make a portal to the Grounds so you’ve got access to the Gilded Market whenever you want."
As Niki gestures to himself, her eyes follow the motion without thinking, tracing the lanky line of his body before her gaze turns to his face with a slow blink marking the moment it clicks. "Oh!" she says, bright with understanding, and then just as quickly she’s shaking her head. "Of course not," she insists, the answer immediate and firm. "If anything, it makes you, like, incredibly suited for it. Although...do you think people will ever ask you to bring their loved ones back? Even if it isn't for real, but just so they can like..hug them again?" It could either be a wildly uncomfortable situation that Niki had to say no to, or a lucrative add-on service he could charge for, depending on the route he wanted to go.
She shrugs lightly after, tone easing again. "Though if you want to keep doing your metalwork, you could always ask Sunjata to make a portal to the Grounds so you’ve got access to the Gilded Market whenever you want."
Fever dream high in the quiet of the night
You know that I caught it
You know that I caught it
