walk me home in the dead of night
"Frey's sake." Flora says sharply, frowning with disgust at Darkeye's description of the creatures. "That's terrible." She adds, rubbing her palms up the sides of her arms and giving her head a little shake.
Biting at the inside of her lip that she might keep it from quivering as the former-dwarf delivered the news, the girl lets her gaze fall towards the edge of the table as heat and colour rush into her cheeks. "Oh." It's all she can say as her eyes fill with tears that feel as bitter and useless as she does in the wake of all this death.
Swiping quickly at her cheeks, Flora sits back in her chair and folds her arms tightly across her chest as if she might protect herself from the chill of the news and render it unreal. "Oh, well...I..mm." With no words, Flora merely swallows hard, chewing on the inside of her cheek.
Biting at the inside of her lip that she might keep it from quivering as the former-dwarf delivered the news, the girl lets her gaze fall towards the edge of the table as heat and colour rush into her cheeks. "Oh." It's all she can say as her eyes fill with tears that feel as bitter and useless as she does in the wake of all this death.
Swiping quickly at her cheeks, Flora sits back in her chair and folds her arms tightly across her chest as if she might protect herself from the chill of the news and render it unreal. "Oh, well...I..mm." With no words, Flora merely swallows hard, chewing on the inside of her cheek.
