you are a terribly real thing in a terribly false world
”I don’t care about being naked,” Finn mumbles, though his tongue won’t work the words to tell her that it’s the streams of water that bother him, even more than before. He leans heavily against the side of the tub, accepting the towel only to allow it to pool to the ground once her back is turned, forgetting why he’s holding it in the first place. Soothed as he is by the assurance that there aren’t any barrels in his bathroom - and he takes a long time to look around, just to be sure - he slowly peels off his ruined, once-white shirt.
”No,” he says, able to hear the howling of the Falling, the roar of the geysers in his ears as he tosses the shirt to the ground before them. ”No, I don’t go there because it’s where Ma jumped.” He’s all pale skin streaked with ash, silver scars and black bruises. The feather is still stuck to his side, the wound worried apart with his own fingers, and there’s a few burns and scrapes on him as well, though there’s no way for him to tell Tobi where they’re from.
The rest of his clothes soon follow, Finn imagining the loud popping sounds with a sudden smile, trying to hear them like they might be happening right now. ”That sounds nice,” he says slowly, absolutely forgetting to tell her that he’s naked now. She’ll get bored eventually, right?
”No,” he says, able to hear the howling of the Falling, the roar of the geysers in his ears as he tosses the shirt to the ground before them. ”No, I don’t go there because it’s where Ma jumped.” He’s all pale skin streaked with ash, silver scars and black bruises. The feather is still stuck to his side, the wound worried apart with his own fingers, and there’s a few burns and scrapes on him as well, though there’s no way for him to tell Tobi where they’re from.
The rest of his clothes soon follow, Finn imagining the loud popping sounds with a sudden smile, trying to hear them like they might be happening right now. ”That sounds nice,” he says slowly, absolutely forgetting to tell her that he’s naked now. She’ll get bored eventually, right?
and that, I believe
is why you are in so much pain
FINN
