[It's a plan, then. A Zenite had been the one to draw her attention to it in the first place, and they had harvested one between them, but. It would be much more preferable to work with a Meridian. Byleth, despite the offense he had caused her at Xanadu, was a reliable combatant and forger. Also... jinba could climb way better than most people probably thought they could, but unlike bipedals they couldn't climb straight up.
She puts another piece of petal in her mouth. It was... a bit fleshy. In a way. Like a thick cut of butterbur shoot, but without the bitterness. When Byleth asks his question, though...
Her countenance looks... tired, for a brief moment. Dark. Before the stoic mask resettles. Was something bothering her?]
Something should be bothering all of us.
[That's not the right answer, not truthfully. It is an underlying concern to the nightmares that have plagued her sleep since she'd broken her leg in pursuit of the Bell, the primitive, instinctual fear that jinba felt for even the slightest leg injury lingering even though the leg had been healed by magic. But it is still something.]
Meridian has lost Oracles twice now.
[She had faith in her own determination, in a few others'... but she can only do so much.]
no subject
She puts another piece of petal in her mouth. It was... a bit fleshy. In a way. Like a thick cut of butterbur shoot, but without the bitterness. When Byleth asks his question, though...
Her countenance looks... tired, for a brief moment. Dark. Before the stoic mask resettles. Was something bothering her?]
Something should be bothering all of us.
[That's not the right answer, not truthfully. It is an underlying concern to the nightmares that have plagued her sleep since she'd broken her leg in pursuit of the Bell, the primitive, instinctual fear that jinba felt for even the slightest leg injury lingering even though the leg had been healed by magic. But it is still something.]
Meridian has lost Oracles twice now.
[She had faith in her own determination, in a few others'... but she can only do so much.]