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Pale brows furrow in gentle concern and she cocks her head aside to take a closer look at him. The dim light lend a touch of lavender to the gray of her eyes, and where she has little sympathy for herself it comes effortlessly at Harper's confession. 'Not great' and 'touring brothels' were concepts she could understand, at least by proxy, because she had been close enough with others who used the same remedy for their hurts.
"Is it helping?" she asked him softly, not really judging his choice of self-realization. Her own had been arguably worse, a deep self-neglect that brought her close to the edge more than once.
A lopsided smile flashed by as he tried to shift the conversation to her. Pushing a dish of cheese and fruit over so he could snack if he wanted, thin shoulders rose and fell in a non-committal shrug as she obliged him.
"I've been... out of it, truth be told," she admitted. "I spent the war hiding and running from everyone I know, and the years since as a stone statue out in the woods. It's not even been a week since I was brought back... I'm a bit disoriented still. This body is... different."
Reaching up to tap at one of the smooth ox-like horns, her slight grimace was only half serious. Better by far than being Ascended, and yet... "I miss my magic, I think that's what's gnawing at me the most. Like, losing something that's part of me, and I don't know if I can ever get it back." It was the first time she had voiced the thought out loud, and she was startled by how true it was.
"Is it helping?" she asked him softly, not really judging his choice of self-realization. Her own had been arguably worse, a deep self-neglect that brought her close to the edge more than once.
A lopsided smile flashed by as he tried to shift the conversation to her. Pushing a dish of cheese and fruit over so he could snack if he wanted, thin shoulders rose and fell in a non-committal shrug as she obliged him.
"I've been... out of it, truth be told," she admitted. "I spent the war hiding and running from everyone I know, and the years since as a stone statue out in the woods. It's not even been a week since I was brought back... I'm a bit disoriented still. This body is... different."
Reaching up to tap at one of the smooth ox-like horns, her slight grimace was only half serious. Better by far than being Ascended, and yet... "I miss my magic, I think that's what's gnawing at me the most. Like, losing something that's part of me, and I don't know if I can ever get it back." It was the first time she had voiced the thought out loud, and she was startled by how true it was.
I'm bleeding out for you
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