(o) crystal tides

Hotaru

we're not lovers, we're just strangers
with the same damn hunger

Pleasure turns into a pink hue against her cheeks, dimples appearing as she smiles at the inquisitiveness shown towards the shop she is already so proud of. "It's a large thing, with a variety of offerings. There's an area for massages and adjustments, and a mud bath with volcanic ash and mineral waters. I'm still building the hotspring and steam house." Idly tucking a strand of hair behind her ear where it has escaped to tickle at the side of her nose, she gives a self-conscious shrug. "We had natural springs in my kingdom, it's motivated by nostalgia. But fire is not the only source of warmth, and I'd like to share that with the people of Halo." Share the benefits that her own people had taken for granted perhaps. "I know Weaver, actually. I didn't even consider that option, which is amusing considering I helped her build the Kraai." Laughter bubbles against her lips, wondering how it had possibly escaped her mind.

"Meat and heat, is what I've always said." An agreements an understanding that she extends in a particular manner, allowing him to respond to it seriously or not. "Hopefully with the portals open, trade can increase and help sustain the Halovians. You deserve rest and enjoyment, no matter how honorable your cause."

to be touched, to be loved
to feel anything at all