Maybe I'm not so good as I make myself seem to you
I know I have a bad heart
I know I have a bad heart
“I am confident you will find an alternative. Perhaps low to the ground, or curtains.” A shame that construction will likely start and finish so soon, but it was the point of the fire itself that had been her goal. And now an ally of sorts - an alibi, an in. Isla stands to be all that and more. A shame she is Ascended, as Nephele would otherwise be inclined to like her.
“I will be sure to check in to see how you - and the new infirmary - are doing.” It’s spoken with a smile that hides her inability to say ‘you’re welcome’. With that she moves back for the door, her shoulder twinging as she instinctively tries to reach for the knob with the wrong hand. A silent wave of her hand is her goodbye, and Nephele steps out and into the first dregs of sunrise with a catlike curl of pleasure in her belly.
- FIN
“I will be sure to check in to see how you - and the new infirmary - are doing.” It’s spoken with a smile that hides her inability to say ‘you’re welcome’. With that she moves back for the door, her shoulder twinging as she instinctively tries to reach for the knob with the wrong hand. A silent wave of her hand is her goodbye, and Nephele steps out and into the first dregs of sunrise with a catlike curl of pleasure in her belly.
- FIN
I will have my own way
NEPHELE
