She nods her agreement with his statement, her fingers playing absently on the edge of the cooling rack. "Phoebe is going to speak to Frey, and see if they know anything. Maybe you could ask Safrin?" That the Old Gods love these Outlanders more than her is another point of bitterness for the girl, stinging to admit, but this time she does her best to hide the bile and pain. It does not matter if she is inadequate: at the end of the day they have a purpose, and unity in that goal. She is sympathetic to his plight, somewhat soothed by the near-confession of guilt, her head shaking immediately in reassurance despite her unspoken agreement with his words. "You couldn't have known-" except he could, did, but in the end what does it matter? What's done is done. "It is good you put the demon out of its misery, though. It wasn't always such a monster."
More cruelties by the New Gods. More sins of The Voice.
His declaration makes her laugh, surprise coloring her cheeks as she fixes him with a bemused stare. "I.. ah... thank you?" she replies awkwardly, unaccustomed to praise, unsure what to do with it. Of course the doubt is there; she wants to shake her head in disagreement, to comment that you just don't know me very well. Uncomfortable, she fidgets, her fingers running over each other, anxious but also pleased. "You're not so bad yourself." It is wry, humor in times of discomfort, but also sincere, an offered truce.
More cruelties by the New Gods. More sins of The Voice.
His declaration makes her laugh, surprise coloring her cheeks as she fixes him with a bemused stare. "I.. ah... thank you?" she replies awkwardly, unaccustomed to praise, unsure what to do with it. Of course the doubt is there; she wants to shake her head in disagreement, to comment that you just don't know me very well. Uncomfortable, she fidgets, her fingers running over each other, anxious but also pleased. "You're not so bad yourself." It is wry, humor in times of discomfort, but also sincere, an offered truce.
Amalia & Jyoti
born from dark water, daughters of the rain and snow
