She nodded with a smile, recalling visiting the festival held for the nature god. In fact, she had even accepted a clown of flowers from a girl there. It was a lively time, and she definitely enjoyed getting a look inside the way the barrier dwellers lived during celebrations. It certainly didn’t disappoint.
And now, his reaction to her question didn’t disappoint!
Jigano ducked his head down, and the girl’s wings lifted with a slight vibration. It seemed she struck home then, and she was eager to see what came of it. His answer was more than she hoped for, though. Not only did he confirm that he had been in love, but that he was currently in love.
Eliza’s eyes lit up excitedly when she met his own, full of a different kind of softness than had been there when he spoke of his friends and family. She couldn’t help but return the smile he gave, but she didn’t comment on his confession. There was a level of trust that came with that kind of revelation, and she wouldn’t press it further, regardless of her want to know more. She had never been in love before. Not romantically, anyway. It was lovely to see what the feeling could do to someone.
As he regained his composure, she took her bottom lip in her teeth with a grin, listening to his question. “Well, there are some whose respect will likely never be received.” Delah flashed through her mind again. “But others may be more open-minded to receiving you. Just as any people, we do not think as a whole.” As for the Wildwood… “The Wildwood accepts the Fae and protects us. I have not known it to accept any other people, but perhaps you will surprise me! I may not be able to give you the secret to appeasing the forests, but I may be able to show you how to work within them, to understand them a little better than you do.”
Even then, that wasn’t a huge help for him. The Wildwood would still try to spit him out, but perhaps, she could give him enough knowledge to navigate the woods as Ianto did, to at least keep from getting lost or trapped or constantly spat back out.
Eliza narrowed her eyes then at the man. She had put together that he probably didn’t know about the Fae’s inability to lie, but she wanted to confirm that she was right, so the girl pressed her lips together curiously. “How do you know that I haven’t been lying to you this whole time?”
And now, his reaction to her question didn’t disappoint!
Eliza’s eyes lit up excitedly when she met his own, full of a different kind of softness than had been there when he spoke of his friends and family. She couldn’t help but return the smile he gave, but she didn’t comment on his confession. There was a level of trust that came with that kind of revelation, and she wouldn’t press it further, regardless of her want to know more. She had never been in love before. Not romantically, anyway. It was lovely to see what the feeling could do to someone.
As he regained his composure, she took her bottom lip in her teeth with a grin, listening to his question. “Well, there are some whose respect will likely never be received.” Delah flashed through her mind again. “But others may be more open-minded to receiving you. Just as any people, we do not think as a whole.” As for the Wildwood… “The Wildwood accepts the Fae and protects us. I have not known it to accept any other people, but perhaps you will surprise me! I may not be able to give you the secret to appeasing the forests, but I may be able to show you how to work within them, to understand them a little better than you do.”
Even then, that wasn’t a huge help for him. The Wildwood would still try to spit him out, but perhaps, she could give him enough knowledge to navigate the woods as Ianto did, to at least keep from getting lost or trapped or constantly spat back out.
Eliza narrowed her eyes then at the man. She had put together that he probably didn’t know about the Fae’s inability to lie, but she wanted to confirm that she was right, so the girl pressed her lips together curiously. “How do you know that I haven’t been lying to you this whole time?”
