we need love, but all we want is danger.
we team up, then switch sides like a record changer
we team up, then switch sides like a record changer
'Alright.' For all her snark and sass, Mara doesn't seem at all ruffled by this. A good defence is an important tool, and though she'll malign Sam for many things in the training session to come, this won't be one of them.
"Well, here's the thing Sammy-Sam." Mara leans in conspiratorially, her voice sticky-sweet. "You don't really get to ask the bad guys, or the dragons trying to bite your head off to just not attack right away." Straightening, her daggers flickering around her fingers once again, the ascended just shakes her head. "That's one of your problems. You think you can just ask the world to go easy on you." She shrugs. "You can't."
Walking backward a few steps, Mara raises her fists so that each dagger is pointing toward Sam. Her knees are slightly bent, dark eyes fixed on him. "Okay. If I was going to attack you, where do you think it would come from?"
"Well, here's the thing Sammy-Sam." Mara leans in conspiratorially, her voice sticky-sweet. "You don't really get to ask the bad guys, or the dragons trying to bite your head off to just not attack right away." Straightening, her daggers flickering around her fingers once again, the ascended just shakes her head. "That's one of your problems. You think you can just ask the world to go easy on you." She shrugs. "You can't."
Walking backward a few steps, Mara raises her fists so that each dagger is pointing toward Sam. Her knees are slightly bent, dark eyes fixed on him. "Okay. If I was going to attack you, where do you think it would come from?"
the rumours are terrible and cruel, but, honey most of them are true
