Aurelia
Aurelia scoffs softly at his offer, at his clever little joke. "Don't worry about it... doubt very many of them will stick around for long," she drawls out with a raise of her brows, offering him a half-amused smirk.
Her interest sharpens a bit as he explains what he meant by being able to 'call' him, and with it there's a realization that makes her eyes widen and a line crease in her forehead. "You would.. do that for me?" She asks, pausing in the picking of his hand for a brief second.
At this point, she feels as if she's just making that worse, so she stops and retrieves a vial of liquid. "'s jus' water" she mumbles as she pops the cap off with her teeth and uses it to wash away the rest of the grime on his hand. Well, it's not just water; it's a mild saline solution, so it may sting a bit.
Spitting out the bottle cap, she listens to Ronin's answer about Safrin as it clatters across the desk. It veers off toward him, randomly, but she's too busied to worry about it much.
"Oh, right.." her eyes darken with recognition, "when you.." Well, nobody needs to say that part out loud, do they? But she does recall him telling her a bit about that before, when they'd met on the beach. "But she's given them back since then," she points out, sounding strangely hopeful, "there's nothing she's asked of you that... couldn't be undone?"
She chews the inside of her lip as she works on bandaging his hand. "The spirit told me I could kill Hotaru, along with the baby..." she admits reluctantly, movements faltering until they still and she draws her hands away, the bandage finished.
Her interest sharpens a bit as he explains what he meant by being able to 'call' him, and with it there's a realization that makes her eyes widen and a line crease in her forehead. "You would.. do that for me?" She asks, pausing in the picking of his hand for a brief second.
At this point, she feels as if she's just making that worse, so she stops and retrieves a vial of liquid. "'s jus' water" she mumbles as she pops the cap off with her teeth and uses it to wash away the rest of the grime on his hand. Well, it's not just water; it's a mild saline solution, so it may sting a bit.
Spitting out the bottle cap, she listens to Ronin's answer about Safrin as it clatters across the desk. It veers off toward him, randomly, but she's too busied to worry about it much.
"Oh, right.." her eyes darken with recognition, "when you.." Well, nobody needs to say that part out loud, do they? But she does recall him telling her a bit about that before, when they'd met on the beach. "But she's given them back since then," she points out, sounding strangely hopeful, "there's nothing she's asked of you that... couldn't be undone?"
She chews the inside of her lip as she works on bandaging his hand. "The spirit told me I could kill Hotaru, along with the baby..." she admits reluctantly, movements faltering until they still and she draws her hands away, the bandage finished.
So leave me and tell me what I already know
That I trialled and I failed and it's good to let it go
That I trialled and I failed and it's good to let it go
