I get them all worked up and down on their knees, you see
The apology isn't surprising. Perhaps it should have been considering who the Lullaby was, but their relationship has never been like that. Maeve makes a soft sound in the back of her throat, reaching out to wrap chilled fingers around his arm, knowing he wouldn't be able to feel anything through the bulk of his sweater. "I understand, Remi. I'm not upset." She murmurs, offering a small smile, tight lipped and faint due to the cold that nips at her bare skin. "If I'd been in your shoes I likely would have reacted the same way." It makes sense to her given the situation. The concerns he has as a new father, as an obvious protector, resonates with the Nightshade and her expression softens.
The next question makes her pause and her cheeks flush a deeper shade of pink. Her jade gaze follows his towards the waves, flicking between the few seabirds that rise on the cool breeze, "Ah, yes. I suppose it is." Not that she was doing that. Not at all. Far from it actually. "I thought I might try swimming again." In the middle of Deepfrost because that made so much sense. "I don't know how really and it just seems... Wrong. I've lived here my entire life and never managed to learn."
The next question makes her pause and her cheeks flush a deeper shade of pink. Her jade gaze follows his towards the waves, flicking between the few seabirds that rise on the cool breeze, "Ah, yes. I suppose it is." Not that she was doing that. Not at all. Far from it actually. "I thought I might try swimming again." In the middle of Deepfrost because that made so much sense. "I don't know how really and it just seems... Wrong. I've lived here my entire life and never managed to learn."
Maeve
