[A promise means nothing to her. The only promises she had ever trusted in came from two people she has not seen since she was robbed of the death in her own world she had chosen for herself, and the words of others have never meant much to her. Action was what she believed in... But at the very least, he keeps his present distance.
The movement towards the bag he carries is watched with the wariness of a woman who would attack at the briefest glint of steel, but it must be something small enough to fit in his palm, so for now... She listens, her remaining eye narrowed, her hand moving to try and pull the half-dislodged strip of cloth back more properly over the raw socket where the other used to be. That woman... She had said some things, but her mind had been so splintered in that moment, and her cracked shard kept her convalescing for days after...
But she won't admit it. Instead, she fires back,]
You tell me.
[A moment ago, she'd had blood streaming from a severed ear, her teeth and tongue stained with demon's blood, and yet now she stands as if none of it had ever happened. What was possible for him to say now... It was beyond her capacity to understand or guess.]
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The movement towards the bag he carries is watched with the wariness of a woman who would attack at the briefest glint of steel, but it must be something small enough to fit in his palm, so for now... She listens, her remaining eye narrowed, her hand moving to try and pull the half-dislodged strip of cloth back more properly over the raw socket where the other used to be. That woman... She had said some things, but her mind had been so splintered in that moment, and her cracked shard kept her convalescing for days after...
But she won't admit it. Instead, she fires back,]
You tell me.
[A moment ago, she'd had blood streaming from a severed ear, her teeth and tongue stained with demon's blood, and yet now she stands as if none of it had ever happened. What was possible for him to say now... It was beyond her capacity to understand or guess.]