Hotaru
nothing's fair in love and war
The wording is what slowly skims her hackles back. If he were trying to convince her, to lie his way through it, he wouldn’t word it with any kind of dazed lack of surety that she sees her. Though he’s correct; as her eyes skin his entire body to ensure he isn’t lying - even unintentionally with his self-sacrificing ways - she immediately notes the lack of the star tattoo and her eyes widen and then narrow. Uncertain what that means. It had moved before, so was he injured?Eyes snapping back to his face to take in the relieved smile, the sharp words of worry pause on her tongue, allowing him to speak. It gives her a clue in the form of her God’s involvement, and a tentatively hopeful look overtakes her face. “They’re amazing, aren’t they?” she murmurs on a small smile. Ru had encouraged him to seek out Frey in the first place, knowing they were the least likely to object to his connection to Nate. “What happened?” Because clearly something had, and Sunjata admittedly doesn’t have a good track record with visiting shrines and striking deals.