the iron in her heart

I didn't come here to make friends
We were born to be suburban legends

Aithne moves easily through the throng, already long gone by the time her target realizes that he's been pickpocketed. She does not, however, seem to get away completely in the clear; something unexpected explodes in a shower of cool water against her shoulder, and the girl yelps, hackles rising, before spotting Melita's shit-eating grin from overhead. Snorting a laugh and waving in response, Aithne calls back a spirited, "Hey!" before picking her way over to Mel's vantage point and beginning to scale her way up to join the demigod.

It's a short, relatively simple climb, and then the girl balances near the redhead to peer down at the crowd below. "Oooo, what about that guy?" she asks, gesturing vaguely towards a young man dressed gaudily - new money, she thinks, and not afraid to flaunt it. Probably the kind who thinks he's owed something because he's rich now, forgetting what it feels like to come from nothing. By the time the words are out of her mouth, she has an entire imaginary backstory built for the poor guy, and she's entirely ready to hurl a water balloon at him just because of his imagined slights against humanity.

When you hold me, it holds me together
And you kiss me in a way that's gonna screw me up forever

Aithne