eyes can't shine unless there's something burning bright behind
"Well.. I never had a brother.. but if I did," she leans back now, eyeing him tentatively, "I'd want him to be like you." Sunjata encompassed a lot of what she knew, and a lot of what she would want in a brother-she-never-had sort of way. He could relate to her plights, and he could be strong throughout them. Perhaps that's why it frustrated her so to hear him talk so lowly before.
The feathers on Sunjata's shoulders that wind their way down to his arms don't go unnoticed, but it's only now that she's fully acknowledging them. Her gaze drifts across the dark blues of the macaw feathers, stretching up towards the horns that sprout from his head. This isn't the first time she's seen either, she believes, but it's still a surprise. She watches carefully as the feathers on his skin become plates, armored and scaled like that of a dragon, all the way down to his fingers which have become clawed. She makes an effort not to flinch away, trusting him.
"So it's more of a reflection of how you feel, rather than... how the animal feels," she supposes, taking a careful pull from her cigarette only to breathe it out in a billowing cloud. She thinks she understands now, how it's more of a mirror of his soul rather than a separate entity that overtakes him. She'll definitely look out for these traits in the future to try and spot his moods, since he's equally as bad as her at communicating..
The recollection of the Nate date makes her smile more, a broad grin covering her face. "I can imagine how that wouldn't make a good first date impression," she chuckles.
"Well... to be honest, the reason I ask is because I've been thinking about asking Safrin to attune me..." her brows shift with the notion, feeling doubtful and hopeful all at the same time, "I don't know if she'll take that well, considering that I'm already..." tainted she wants to say, but lets the silence take its place anyway. "I guess I just wanted your advice... on that."
The feathers on Sunjata's shoulders that wind their way down to his arms don't go unnoticed, but it's only now that she's fully acknowledging them. Her gaze drifts across the dark blues of the macaw feathers, stretching up towards the horns that sprout from his head. This isn't the first time she's seen either, she believes, but it's still a surprise. She watches carefully as the feathers on his skin become plates, armored and scaled like that of a dragon, all the way down to his fingers which have become clawed. She makes an effort not to flinch away, trusting him.
"So it's more of a reflection of how you feel, rather than... how the animal feels," she supposes, taking a careful pull from her cigarette only to breathe it out in a billowing cloud. She thinks she understands now, how it's more of a mirror of his soul rather than a separate entity that overtakes him. She'll definitely look out for these traits in the future to try and spot his moods, since he's equally as bad as her at communicating..
The recollection of the Nate date makes her smile more, a broad grin covering her face. "I can imagine how that wouldn't make a good first date impression," she chuckles.
"Well... to be honest, the reason I ask is because I've been thinking about asking Safrin to attune me..." her brows shift with the notion, feeling doubtful and hopeful all at the same time, "I don't know if she'll take that well, considering that I'm already..." tainted she wants to say, but lets the silence take its place anyway. "I guess I just wanted your advice... on that."
Aurelia
