eyes can't shine unless there's something burning bright behind
Aurelia watches as he considers the idea, sure that it's not the first time it's been broached. Well, she hopes not, anyway. "I can understand, to a point..." she says, voice lowering because she's not exactly proud of it, "I lived with the same type of hatred in my heart my whole life, until I came here. Met you, Jack, everyone. Realized how wrong and twisted that it all was."
It is a funny story - Jack's, that is. She can find the humor in it now, at least. Now that it's over, now that he is more-or-less okay. Her brows shift upward with a lighter smile and she huffs out a chuckle, feeling the alcohol set in her veins, warming her skin and bringing a slight flush to her face. "Hm, he definitely wasn't happy," her words have a very amused tone. Then she sits up a little straighter, adjusting to reach into a pocket and pull out a pack of smokes. She taps it a few times and pulls out two, gently tossing him one of them.
"He'll probably kick my ass for telling you," she grins around the cigarette she's perched between her lips and shakes her head a little, "...shit." She laughs at this, at realizing her mistake and how Sunjata will undoubtedly use it against the captain.
Settling, she lights her smoke, catching hold of that tether within herself in order to produce a flame right at the end. It's subtle and practiced, the cigarette almost seeming to light itself. This will happen to Sunjata's, as well, if he accepts the one she offered him.
"My magic's gotten better. Or I guess.. I've gotten better with it. Both maybe," she muses, smoke billowing out into the space between them. She tilts her head a little and and narrows her eyes across at him, "I've been thinking about something, though... ever since I talked to Safrin." She leans in on the table and chews over her next words, "She attuned you, right? What is it like?"
It is a funny story - Jack's, that is. She can find the humor in it now, at least. Now that it's over, now that he is more-or-less okay. Her brows shift upward with a lighter smile and she huffs out a chuckle, feeling the alcohol set in her veins, warming her skin and bringing a slight flush to her face. "Hm, he definitely wasn't happy," her words have a very amused tone. Then she sits up a little straighter, adjusting to reach into a pocket and pull out a pack of smokes. She taps it a few times and pulls out two, gently tossing him one of them.
"He'll probably kick my ass for telling you," she grins around the cigarette she's perched between her lips and shakes her head a little, "...shit." She laughs at this, at realizing her mistake and how Sunjata will undoubtedly use it against the captain.
Settling, she lights her smoke, catching hold of that tether within herself in order to produce a flame right at the end. It's subtle and practiced, the cigarette almost seeming to light itself. This will happen to Sunjata's, as well, if he accepts the one she offered him.
"My magic's gotten better. Or I guess.. I've gotten better with it. Both maybe," she muses, smoke billowing out into the space between them. She tilts her head a little and and narrows her eyes across at him, "I've been thinking about something, though... ever since I talked to Safrin." She leans in on the table and chews over her next words, "She attuned you, right? What is it like?"
Aurelia
