Please don't flatter yourself, I don't want to lose my lunch.
[ slowly, she lolls her head to look at him, rather than getting up. there's another placid sip of tea - something strong smelling, likely just as strong on the tongue - that she then slowly puts back onto her cup warmer before going back to her screens for a moment. people coming and going, activity in the mess hall and food court as always.
but yelan takes note of his emotions roiling off of him, and the same steel under water is present with hers along with that alertness. this time, however, it's not as muffled - not as clouded. it's right there, even if she keeps some of it concealed beneath the surface as she continues her work for a bit longer.
there's the electric current, the typical patronizing twist her smile takes now in her emotions, but also the gambler's thrill and something else. not affection, because archons know that's the exact opposite - but the delight one gets from a good fight, an adrenaline rush.
well, at least whatever their fucked up relationship it's mutual. ]
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[ slowly, she lolls her head to look at him, rather than getting up. there's another placid sip of tea - something strong smelling, likely just as strong on the tongue - that she then slowly puts back onto her cup warmer before going back to her screens for a moment. people coming and going, activity in the mess hall and food court as always.
but yelan takes note of his emotions roiling off of him, and the same steel under water is present with hers along with that alertness. this time, however, it's not as muffled - not as clouded. it's right there, even if she keeps some of it concealed beneath the surface as she continues her work for a bit longer.
there's the electric current, the typical patronizing twist her smile takes now in her emotions, but also the gambler's thrill and something else. not affection, because archons know that's the exact opposite - but the delight one gets from a good fight, an adrenaline rush.
well, at least whatever their fucked up relationship it's mutual. ]
Have you gone planetside yet?