eyes can't shine unless there's something burning bright behind
He warns her not to hit him in the chest and, briefly, the audacity occurs to her to only aim for that now. She does take a second to realize there might actually be a good reason for that, though. After all, it's not typically a sensitive area. His comment about wounds taking decades to heal has her expression scrunching with confusion.
A confusion that works just enough to distract her as he swoops down toward the ground. Her back hits the sand with a heavy thud, but fortunately it is only sand, and there's no real harm done. With a slightly flustered gritting of her teeth, she grumbles, "Nice to meet you."
She swings back upon her feet with ease. Not the chest, huh? Well, she can still work with that. Always one for revenge, and maybe it's a little petty, Aurelia weaves into the motion to drive her own shin directly against the back of his knee, hoping to make it crumple beneath her pressure.
"You're an Outlander, Neos?" She asks. She doesn't really know, not sure if he's ever mentioned it in their previous passings, but something about him sticks out from the rest. Maybe it's his clothes, maybe it's the odd hue of his hair, maybe it's the fact that his wounds take decades to heal.
A confusion that works just enough to distract her as he swoops down toward the ground. Her back hits the sand with a heavy thud, but fortunately it is only sand, and there's no real harm done. With a slightly flustered gritting of her teeth, she grumbles, "Nice to meet you."
She swings back upon her feet with ease. Not the chest, huh? Well, she can still work with that. Always one for revenge, and maybe it's a little petty, Aurelia weaves into the motion to drive her own shin directly against the back of his knee, hoping to make it crumple beneath her pressure.
"You're an Outlander, Neos?" She asks. She doesn't really know, not sure if he's ever mentioned it in their previous passings, but something about him sticks out from the rest. Maybe it's his clothes, maybe it's the odd hue of his hair, maybe it's the fact that his wounds take decades to heal.
Aurelia
