Sohalia
Soh was similarly torn on how to proceed in this situation. She'd always been the first to greet a stranger, bubbly and bright and warm, but after The Incident, she'd grown cautious. If she hadn't been so trusting, then perhaps it never would have happened. It had been her fault that she'd been in that situation to begin with, and she was determined not to put herself in harm's way again.
Still, to ignore a stranger out of wariness went against her nature, and as Soh glanced periodically at the man out of the corner of her eye, she warred with herself. He was probably nice. After all, she still felt like most people were inherently good people, even if there were a few bad apples in the bunch. She chewed on her lip, lost in thought as she sketched and watched, her lines coming out shakier than intended due to her split attention. One particular errant line made her scowl, and she painstakingly rubbed it away to try again.
It was then that the stranger spoke to her, and she looked up in surprise and perhaps a tinge of fear. But perhaps it was the man's rambling, almost nervous countenance that brought her down from her own moment of panic. "Are you just sketching the landscape, or...?" Soh asked, her voice kind and gentle.
Still, to ignore a stranger out of wariness went against her nature, and as Soh glanced periodically at the man out of the corner of her eye, she warred with herself. He was probably nice. After all, she still felt like most people were inherently good people, even if there were a few bad apples in the bunch. She chewed on her lip, lost in thought as she sketched and watched, her lines coming out shakier than intended due to her split attention. One particular errant line made her scowl, and she painstakingly rubbed it away to try again.
It was then that the stranger spoke to her, and she looked up in surprise and perhaps a tinge of fear. But perhaps it was the man's rambling, almost nervous countenance that brought her down from her own moment of panic. "Are you just sketching the landscape, or...?" Soh asked, her voice kind and gentle.
these aching memories still dance around me
