eyes can't shine unless there's something burning bright behind
Aurelia raised her brows as Saiden spoke up at her call. Eyes adjusting to the shade, she saw him standing by his stove, tending to the fire there, prepping, doing the kinds of things cooks would normally do. "Cloud mantas?" she answered, better able to see his rugged, one-eyed face as he neared to take a look for himself. To Aurelia, Saiden had always been one-eyed, and she didn't find it startling. She'd seen plenty worse done to a person's face - she'd inflicted worse. It was nothing that fazed her as she looked up at his gold-tinted, brown eye.
She let him take the net and, without protest, followed him back into the kitchen area. It was hotter in the shack and she felt it in one big wave. "Jack and I caught 'em not long ago, he was gonna bring 'em to you himself but," but, the smell of meat and spices made her body anticipate a good meal, and she was quite content to stay. She placed a hand on her hip, glancing around at the kitchen tools, "I offered to do it for him instead, figured you could use a hand... and teach me how to prepare those things," she nodded towards the mantas, glancing back up at him and adding, "if you're alright with that."
She let him take the net and, without protest, followed him back into the kitchen area. It was hotter in the shack and she felt it in one big wave. "Jack and I caught 'em not long ago, he was gonna bring 'em to you himself but," but, the smell of meat and spices made her body anticipate a good meal, and she was quite content to stay. She placed a hand on her hip, glancing around at the kitchen tools, "I offered to do it for him instead, figured you could use a hand... and teach me how to prepare those things," she nodded towards the mantas, glancing back up at him and adding, "if you're alright with that."
Aurelia
