there was no where for me to stay, but I stayed anyway
Everest, whose elbows were pulled tight to his body and whose shoulders were nearly touching his ears, visibly relaxed at Sohalia's approval, polite though it might have been. Exhaling and regaining a bit of colour in his cheeks, the aviator nods. "You wouldn't think so. I mean..it's...it's right there." He says, nodding out towards where Torchline's islands spill out into the sea and where even the crags of the Cordillera could be seen. "Why should it be so difficult?"
Turning, eyes narrowed slightly against the glare of the sun, Everest was properly humbled to see just how perfectly she'd captured the world around them. Instantly the bloom of colour in his cheeks ignited, turning even the tips of his ears red. "Oh." It's all he can say for a moment as his eyes hungrily drink in her linework as if he might somehow absorb even just a little bit of her ability. Her question though, along with her profession has him stilling, and then straightening.
"You're..." Snippets of a conversation reply swiftly behind his blue eyes. "..are you Mateo's friend?" It's the only thing he can think to say instead of are you the woman who nearly (or did?) kill a man who had tried to rape her..? Blinking quickly in an effort to remember his manners, the young aviator bobs his head belatedly and scoots over on the bench to make room for Sohalia.
Turning, eyes narrowed slightly against the glare of the sun, Everest was properly humbled to see just how perfectly she'd captured the world around them. Instantly the bloom of colour in his cheeks ignited, turning even the tips of his ears red. "Oh." It's all he can say for a moment as his eyes hungrily drink in her linework as if he might somehow absorb even just a little bit of her ability. Her question though, along with her profession has him stilling, and then straightening.
"You're..." Snippets of a conversation reply swiftly behind his blue eyes. "..are you Mateo's friend?" It's the only thing he can think to say instead of are you the woman who nearly (or did?) kill a man who had tried to rape her..? Blinking quickly in an effort to remember his manners, the young aviator bobs his head belatedly and scoots over on the bench to make room for Sohalia.
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