Soleil
It's clear the man wants to spit something back, chin wobbling with suppressed rage and indignity at being talked down to by a child. As the crowd folds in slightly around the two, subtle and sharp the way all Torchers are, it's clear he'd rather forego a little pride and keep his hide intact if the way he mutters his insults too low to be meaningful and turns away is any indication. Soleil listens intently to the sound of his feet in the sand as they retreat, cursing the pitiful range of her strange human ears.
As Paige turns and wraps her in a hug though, Sol thinks maybe the benefits of humanity outweigh the disadvantages, because her entire body goes boneless and pliant as she's hauled close. Round, full nose pressing into Paige's paler skin to snuffle into her neck, memorizing her scent and comforting herself simultaneously as she leans in. Were her hands not occupied with her ill-gotten spoils, she would be hugging the girl back, but the tap beneath her chin as they part makes Soleil grin with too-wide lips that show the gleam of her teeth, amber eyes a shot of color above happily scrunched cheeks. "I did," she preens, proud despite it being her own fault she ended up in this mess. "Thank you for saving me, you were super cool," she gushes, awed and smiling.
Though Paige's advice has her nodding solemnly, natural fro bouncing. Frowning down at the meat in her hands, Soleil awkwardly hunches her shoulders. "I just...we've got no Alpha now, and Mum and Mommy are..." her voice wobbles alongside her chin, and she stubbornly wipes at her eyes before they can get too filled with tears. "I gotta help take care of Luka." She's not sure how else to explain it. The Halenani girls take care of the twins as a collective, but Soleil feels like she has to step up.
As Paige turns and wraps her in a hug though, Sol thinks maybe the benefits of humanity outweigh the disadvantages, because her entire body goes boneless and pliant as she's hauled close. Round, full nose pressing into Paige's paler skin to snuffle into her neck, memorizing her scent and comforting herself simultaneously as she leans in. Were her hands not occupied with her ill-gotten spoils, she would be hugging the girl back, but the tap beneath her chin as they part makes Soleil grin with too-wide lips that show the gleam of her teeth, amber eyes a shot of color above happily scrunched cheeks. "I did," she preens, proud despite it being her own fault she ended up in this mess. "Thank you for saving me, you were super cool," she gushes, awed and smiling.
Though Paige's advice has her nodding solemnly, natural fro bouncing. Frowning down at the meat in her hands, Soleil awkwardly hunches her shoulders. "I just...we've got no Alpha now, and Mum and Mommy are..." her voice wobbles alongside her chin, and she stubbornly wipes at her eyes before they can get too filled with tears. "I gotta help take care of Luka." She's not sure how else to explain it. The Halenani girls take care of the twins as a collective, but Soleil feels like she has to step up.
everyone around her seemed brighter and better
for having known her
for having known her
