my bones are caving in

KIADA i wish that i could say, i am a light that never goes out. “I will.” She tells him easily, confirming that she absolutely would let him know. She was a fighter, but she wasn’t above admitting that something was wrong within her when it was. Helped you heal faster, helped you move on and kick ass better. So she smiles softly as he inspects, the smile faltering only slightly as he presses lightly along her knuckles. Nothing more than the typical bruising as far as she can tell – but she’s no healer, never had been. Attempted to as a child… But that only lasted about as well as everything else did. When he was satisfied, she runs her thumb along his stubbled jaw as he presses a soft kiss to her fingers, before her hand falls into her lap again and she’s shifting to better view him, pulling a leg up and tucking it up underneath her as he flops back onto the bed. “You’ve been through a lot today.” She chimes with a small laugh, not wanting anything else to be added onto it. At least, hopefully, Korbin would stay out of it just as much as they would too. And then? Then she’s leaning into the touch he gives her on her shoulders, along her spine, practically purring beneath the attention – distracted only by the words that leave Chulane’s lips. “Mmm, no. Same old same, really.” She hums, shoulders rising and falling in a shrug before she’s shifting to lay along the bed, on her stomach beside him and moving an arm to trace along his chest and ribs. “I thought the Grounds natives were bad when we started showing up more… Korbin seems worse than them. I don’t know if it’s just the fact we’re stuck here without a breath of fresh air, but… It’s exhausting.” She sighs, dropping and pressing her cheek to the blankets. but i flicker from time to time.