and indeed, just think: in many ways, body and soul,
i have been more a battlefield —
Honestly, she’d give literally everything she had to be able to see his reaction to her teasing. To see the crows feet at his eyes wrinkle with his disdain, his annoyance at being called something so adorable. But she can see it, beneath the hardened mountain chiseled exterior. The glacial presence, the sapphire eyes that mimicked her own, resolved to muddled messes and soft boyish charm. She sighs at the thought, deciding that now she has some fire to shoot at him when she gets her eyes back. When she has a chance to actually see how her words are received.
Not well, but entertaining enough.
And he doesn’t give into her teasing any further, a small sadness reaching her at that fact, but pushing it aside for later as he brings up Attuned abilities once more. And she grins to him. “Attuned. Have you joined this terribly small hybrid party?” She asks with a tilt to her head, a small hum of laughter burning beneath her chest.
Not well, but entertaining enough.
And he doesn’t give into her teasing any further, a small sadness reaching her at that fact, but pushing it aside for later as he brings up Attuned abilities once more. And she grins to him. “Attuned. Have you joined this terribly small hybrid party?” She asks with a tilt to her head, a small hum of laughter burning beneath her chest.
— than a human being
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