in tenebris est veritas.
"And what is the risk of speaking to a stranger in this empty place, so far away from home? Of drinking near the ocean, which is known to wash away the unwary?" Their bony hand stretches toward the space beside the other woman's bare feet, an invitation. "Or of sitting next to a woman in a strange get up?"
There is a stark amusement in their tone, the kind that withholds a private joke. It would be easy enough to practice their knifework on this one, Chaele muses, or to see if a drunken mind would fail to detect a subtle draining of life. But such plans require patience and observation first. In the meantime, they gaze over the horizon and ponder aloud, "I imagine I will not walk down the streets of Haulani for some time. There is little reward for me there… though I suspect you are one to enjoy it."
There is a stark amusement in their tone, the kind that withholds a private joke. It would be easy enough to practice their knifework on this one, Chaele muses, or to see if a drunken mind would fail to detect a subtle draining of life. But such plans require patience and observation first. In the meantime, they gaze over the horizon and ponder aloud, "I imagine I will not walk down the streets of Haulani for some time. There is little reward for me there… though I suspect you are one to enjoy it."
