eyes can't shine unless there's something burning bright behind
Aurelia's surprised by his stubborn, deepening silence in answer to her prying question. She almost laughs, a wry smile forming at the edges of her lips, but she manages not to. As off-putting as he seems to be, he just doesn't deter her in the way he might want to.. Or if he doesn't necessarily want to, it doesn't deter her the way it might deter others. In fact, she's probably quite used to his type of person? The people she often socialized with in her world were gruff, too. Other hunters that had seen more shit than she ever had in her comparably short time in the field. It showed in the way they carried themselves, in the scars that shredded over their sun-damaged skin and distinctly guarded expressions. Yeah, Deimos is a lot like that.
So it's for that reason, for the reason that she's more used to this than anything, that she's able to shrug it off as well.
She's pleasantly surprised, though, when he watches her lackluster presentation of her air magic. If anything, she expected him to keep moving, to ignore her shenanigans and further his investigations of this new part of the world. So when he actually grants her a response, and it's a good one, she feels a spark of inspiration.
A genuine smile, one not marked by sarcastic wit or overenthusiastic merit, softens her expression after she listens to his unexpected advice.
"You have a lot of powers under your belt, don't you?" She asks, impressed. "Well... if you have the time, maybe we could head back to Torchline, find somewhere more... spacious? I'd be real grateful for some help with... you know, learning more about what I can or can't do." Milo's help had been monumental already, and she enjoyed training with him. (Perhaps a bit too much.) But maybe someone with more advanced magic and longer experience with it could give her a few pointers? It couldn't hurt, after all.
"I bet I can beat you there," she offers in a sly challenge, hoping it will dampen any reservations he has on leaving.
So it's for that reason, for the reason that she's more used to this than anything, that she's able to shrug it off as well.
She's pleasantly surprised, though, when he watches her lackluster presentation of her air magic. If anything, she expected him to keep moving, to ignore her shenanigans and further his investigations of this new part of the world. So when he actually grants her a response, and it's a good one, she feels a spark of inspiration.
A genuine smile, one not marked by sarcastic wit or overenthusiastic merit, softens her expression after she listens to his unexpected advice.
"You have a lot of powers under your belt, don't you?" She asks, impressed. "Well... if you have the time, maybe we could head back to Torchline, find somewhere more... spacious? I'd be real grateful for some help with... you know, learning more about what I can or can't do." Milo's help had been monumental already, and she enjoyed training with him. (Perhaps a bit too much.) But maybe someone with more advanced magic and longer experience with it could give her a few pointers? It couldn't hurt, after all.
"I bet I can beat you there," she offers in a sly challenge, hoping it will dampen any reservations he has on leaving.
Aurelia
