wound relentlessly

KIADA i wish that i could say, i am a light that never goes out. It’s almost an awkward staring contest between the two of them, but she notes the surprise on the man’s face when she shifts – when feathers turn to bone and skin and leather, and a beak turns into a human face. It’s enough that she finds for the first time that she wants to smile, and she breathes deeply before a smirk can cross on her face. Instead, it shifts the corner of her lip upward and she leans forward in a kind of mock bow. “Thank you.” She says to the man, stepping closer now with Auni at her side. The Luxere’s tail wags excitedly at the prospect of new friends, and when Kiada lets her fingers go from his ring of fur around his shoulders, her blue eyes watch while he bounds to Deimos. He sniffs at first, almost tentatively, before aiming to headbutt his head into Deimos’ leg. As if he’s asking for the man to reach down and scratch behind his ears. Kiada snorts at his actions, but returns to the mans question with a bit of a shrug – shoulders rolling beneath leathers and furs. “I had magic in the world I was in before. Fire, if I can remember right.” She offers a bit flatly, though it’s not intentional. “When I came here, I tried to reach for my flames only to find I could turn into that instead.” She’s so nonchalant when she speaks, as if it isn’t magic or special or unique. She certainly doesn’t think there’s anything special about her after all. “I’m Kiada.” She offers as she moves closer, her blue eyes scanning the man for a brief moment before she looks down to Auni. “And that pest is Auni.” She tries to joke, but finds it pains her to do so. All she can think of is the pain in her heart with the mention of him being her companion. Of betrayal over and over again. But she fights through it – her icy gaze slipping from Auni to Deimos now, almost expecting he give her his name. but i flicker from time to time.