Hotaru
Hotaru is admittedly impressed when Maea takes the blow full-on for the sake of maintaining her positioning. While she had held back slightly given their power differences, it says more of Maea as a person and a fighter that she chooses this course of action instead.
The hand on her neck has her huffing a strained laugh, wishing she had the time and air to make an innuendo about it. Instead, she brutally punches at the inside of Maea's elbow to cripple her hold on the Valkyrie's neck, and then tries to get her arm up and between them to press her forearm and elbow into the space between Maea's neck and collarbone to choke her out if she tries to get too close.
With their power differences, it's reminiscent of roughhousing, and the skinship it provides has Hotaru lighting up from within - a roguish grin on her face that clearly translates how much fun she's having, whether it's normal or not.
The hand on her neck has her huffing a strained laugh, wishing she had the time and air to make an innuendo about it. Instead, she brutally punches at the inside of Maea's elbow to cripple her hold on the Valkyrie's neck, and then tries to get her arm up and between them to press her forearm and elbow into the space between Maea's neck and collarbone to choke her out if she tries to get too close.
With their power differences, it's reminiscent of roughhousing, and the skinship it provides has Hotaru lighting up from within - a roguish grin on her face that clearly translates how much fun she's having, whether it's normal or not.
what I did, do, to me and you, keeps me awake
if I were a ghost, you'd be the proof
if I were a ghost, you'd be the proof
