eyes can't shine unless there's something burning bright behind
Aurelia pursed her lips to one side unhappily. That wasn't quite the message she sought to get across to him. She shook her head back and forth slowly, exasperated. Damp hair curled around her temples in a dark mess. "I don't want to take anything from anyone, least of all the person that's giving me a job, a home, and.. essentially, a fucking purpose. You've given me a bit of clarity among all this chaos and confusion in my life. And neither of us are really the mushy type so I'll just leave it at that," she paused, meeting his look with a softer expression this time.
Something somber and sad clouded her eyes. Dark thoughts lingered in the back of her mind, anxieties surrounding a loss of purpose, a loss of focus. She didn't know the crew very well. Hell, she didn't know anyone in Caido very well. But she was willing to devote herself to this group of smugglers and misfits, even if it was only because she had no fucking clue what else to do with her life at that point. Nothing could be worse than being alone.
"I don't want to get stuck doing the same things forever, alright? Just consider that this is-" she glanced back over the ocean's waves as she finished up her point, cutting it short when she spotted a few cloud mantas meandering back towards the shallows. She shifted her weight to crouch down on the rock, lifting her spear.
With one fluid motion, it impaled its target. She jumped back into the waters to retrieve it, net in tow. She lifted the net up out of the water to reveal three cloud mantas, each adorned with a crystal at the center of their forehead. Water dripped from her extended arm as she closed the gap to hand him the net full of mantas.
"This is my way of saying I want to be a valuable member of your... business," a smirk pulled at one corner of her mouth, "whatever it takes."
Something somber and sad clouded her eyes. Dark thoughts lingered in the back of her mind, anxieties surrounding a loss of purpose, a loss of focus. She didn't know the crew very well. Hell, she didn't know anyone in Caido very well. But she was willing to devote herself to this group of smugglers and misfits, even if it was only because she had no fucking clue what else to do with her life at that point. Nothing could be worse than being alone.
"I don't want to get stuck doing the same things forever, alright? Just consider that this is-" she glanced back over the ocean's waves as she finished up her point, cutting it short when she spotted a few cloud mantas meandering back towards the shallows. She shifted her weight to crouch down on the rock, lifting her spear.
With one fluid motion, it impaled its target. She jumped back into the waters to retrieve it, net in tow. She lifted the net up out of the water to reveal three cloud mantas, each adorned with a crystal at the center of their forehead. Water dripped from her extended arm as she closed the gap to hand him the net full of mantas.
"This is my way of saying I want to be a valuable member of your... business," a smirk pulled at one corner of her mouth, "whatever it takes."
Aurelia
