PHOEBE
"Thanks...I wasn't before but...I've been practicing." she said with a small smile. Not quite a full, deep smile. Not one she really felt. Just an expression her face was accustomed to making.
She blinked at his description of her. Bright but sullen. She supposed she could see where he was coming from about that. A lot of her peppiness had faded away since coming to Caido, but it didn't stop her from being generally pleasant. Usually. He was older as well and a merchant, so perhaps he was just good at reading people. It wouldn't have surprised her if that was the case. Honeyed eyes turned back to the brothel and she smiled a bit. "I don't know if I would say I am an enigma." she said softly, shrugging a bit. "But it's been a rough few years...and I'm just tired of pretending is all. But I am glad you can see the home I am envisioning. I can't be the only one who is looking for wherever that is." she added quietly, staring up at the dilapidated building. Home. How lovely would it be to have a place that felt like that again?
She blinked at his description of her. Bright but sullen. She supposed she could see where he was coming from about that. A lot of her peppiness had faded away since coming to Caido, but it didn't stop her from being generally pleasant. Usually. He was older as well and a merchant, so perhaps he was just good at reading people. It wouldn't have surprised her if that was the case. Honeyed eyes turned back to the brothel and she smiled a bit. "I don't know if I would say I am an enigma." she said softly, shrugging a bit. "But it's been a rough few years...and I'm just tired of pretending is all. But I am glad you can see the home I am envisioning. I can't be the only one who is looking for wherever that is." she added quietly, staring up at the dilapidated building. Home. How lovely would it be to have a place that felt like that again?
When the static clears
And all is said and done
I will realize that we all need someone
