Elide
She's caught in the heat of the moment, in the inflation of emotions built up from all of this news. If she had a set of lungs that needed to be filled, her breath would be shallow and hitched with anger, with sadness. But she doesn't, and she is an otherwise stoic individual, so it makes sense for her suddenly cruel strike to perplex him.
Elide sees his narrowed eyes and her own flinch wider in response, a silent realization of the nature she is not so easily inclined to. It has, however, taken advantage of her - even if only for a moment, even if only for one motion. His wordless warning is enough to humble her.
She knows that she stands no chance to best him in this fight. She should be treating it as a learning experience, not as a chance to ignite and enflame, as a way to take out her darker emotions on something else. It's not like her.
She is caught up in this when he retaliates. Though she tries to muster her defense, tries to recuperate from the {fortunate} miss of her mark, her muscles falter. Her hands are not prepared to bend in such a direction, the angle taken to defend herself a decidedly bad one. She flinches beneath his strength with a gritted flash of her fanged teeth. Her weapon clangs down onto the stones.
Elide sees his narrowed eyes and her own flinch wider in response, a silent realization of the nature she is not so easily inclined to. It has, however, taken advantage of her - even if only for a moment, even if only for one motion. His wordless warning is enough to humble her.
She knows that she stands no chance to best him in this fight. She should be treating it as a learning experience, not as a chance to ignite and enflame, as a way to take out her darker emotions on something else. It's not like her.
She is caught up in this when he retaliates. Though she tries to muster her defense, tries to recuperate from the {fortunate} miss of her mark, her muscles falter. Her hands are not prepared to bend in such a direction, the angle taken to defend herself a decidedly bad one. She flinches beneath his strength with a gritted flash of her fanged teeth. Her weapon clangs down onto the stones.
sewn together, my humanity and my immortality
together, they hang, trading places like sun and moon
together, they hang, trading places like sun and moon
