Isla
"You did? You shouldn't have been so surprised to meet one out here, then. Apparently we have a penchant for wandering about. What was this healer doing? Gathering herbs as well?" Isla's nose scrunches in amusement, glad to see Locke brushing off the shadows that had briefly cloaked him. "I like them too. Not that I can have any, being Ascended. But I feel like parenting is mostly guesswork. They'll figure it out." One way or another.
Nodding gently at his explanation, she almost subconsciously rolls her shoulders, like she's remembering something. "I've been something similar, but there were always other elements warring in it. And I was a lioness once - I feel like they're different sort of cats, though."
Raising her brows at the necklace of bites he reveals, Isla feels herself smiling at Locke in a way that's much less maiden-like than it has been previously. "I have a pretty Ascended boy at home, and he'd probably appreciate it if there wasn't any weirdness. I shall do my best not to ask."
He leans in and Isla doesn't stop him, but she does place her basket down on the ground. "Are you sure?" About his neck, she means. It feels intimate in a way that's unusual between strangers, not that she's backing out of it.
Nodding gently at his explanation, she almost subconsciously rolls her shoulders, like she's remembering something. "I've been something similar, but there were always other elements warring in it. And I was a lioness once - I feel like they're different sort of cats, though."
Raising her brows at the necklace of bites he reveals, Isla feels herself smiling at Locke in a way that's much less maiden-like than it has been previously. "I have a pretty Ascended boy at home, and he'd probably appreciate it if there wasn't any weirdness. I shall do my best not to ask."
He leans in and Isla doesn't stop him, but she does place her basket down on the ground. "Are you sure?" About his neck, she means. It feels intimate in a way that's unusual between strangers, not that she's backing out of it.
sooner or later, we all have to wake
and try forgetting everything
and try forgetting everything
