I'd burn my house down just to hear them scream my name
Flora wrinkles her nose at the mention of the Fingers, the expression quick but unmistakable. Given that she’d only just asked Ronin last season whether putting Jack back into the equation might help with the rise in crime, only to be assured that no, absolutely not, apparently, it is at least something to know that the mess down there is being handled in some capacity. "Yeah," she says, letting the subject pass with a small nod and a smile that doesn’t invite the darker underbelly of Torchline any closer than it already is. "True."
The thought of being Sohalia’s baby’s godmother is much easier to sit with, and Flora’s smile brightens as she nods again, this time with far less restraint. "Yeah, I’m pretty excited," she admits, because she is. Terrified in a vague, distant, beautifully-deniable sort of way, sure, but excited all the same.
At Ronin’s question, though, she laughs outright, rolling her eyes at him as if the request is audacious instead of exactly the sort of thing she had to know was coming. "What, you two already need a break?" she asks, her tone all teasing disbelief even as her smile only grows brighter. "Maybe after LongNight?" she says, looking back at him with a grin. "Assuming they haven't given me reason to throw them in jail for real, or aged themselves up again by then."
The thought of being Sohalia’s baby’s godmother is much easier to sit with, and Flora’s smile brightens as she nods again, this time with far less restraint. "Yeah, I’m pretty excited," she admits, because she is. Terrified in a vague, distant, beautifully-deniable sort of way, sure, but excited all the same.
At Ronin’s question, though, she laughs outright, rolling her eyes at him as if the request is audacious instead of exactly the sort of thing she had to know was coming. "What, you two already need a break?" she asks, her tone all teasing disbelief even as her smile only grows brighter. "Maybe after LongNight?" she says, looking back at him with a grin. "Assuming they haven't given me reason to throw them in jail for real, or aged themselves up again by then."
I've carried hopes & heavy day dreams, but i'm all done with sleepin'
