05-04-2019, 10:17 PM
She was a few seconds from just dropping the idea of this place entirely, frankly, when the other animal popped up - perhaps she should stay more focused, really, because she was taken a little bit by surprise. The seemingly cold exterior faltered for a bit as her eyes widened. She didn't think she'd actually get this far.
The animal - person - the Other looked a bit out of it, as if something was wrong with her. Absentmindely, as her blue eyes flitted around the Other's form, she noted the wound on her leg. That would explain it. She didn't feel anything at the revelation, frustratingly, not a single hint of sharing that pain, just glossed over the knowledge as if it were something as simple as eye color. Second beginnings were a lie, yes - people didn't just change out of nowhere. This moment was enough evidence of that. Why should she deserve to be around these people when she thought of a seemingly horrendous wound so casually - what if she ended up being something that would cause that sort of damage to other people?
It's probably not that bad, she told herself, she made it here, after all. Frankly, that line of reasoning only made her feel worse, because now it seemed like she was downplaying other people's pain just to save herself some trouble.
Her rapidly spiraling mental state, a series of thoughts that took place in nothing more than a few seconds, was halted by speech. Greetings. Her name? "I'm Fae," she said, before she could stop herself, immediately biting down on her tongue. Great, now she gave a name. At least she couldn't turn away and run now - that was one thing she learned. Once you say your name, it's like a contract. No choice but to keep talking to them.
"Umm... who are you?" Despite her cool demeanor possibly coming off as cool and confident, her voice was riddled with a certain sort of insecurity, one that betrayed such a cool façade. Not that she really noticed - her brain was too busy taking everything in and fighting itself to pay much mind to how she was acting.
The animal - person - the Other looked a bit out of it, as if something was wrong with her. Absentmindely, as her blue eyes flitted around the Other's form, she noted the wound on her leg. That would explain it. She didn't feel anything at the revelation, frustratingly, not a single hint of sharing that pain, just glossed over the knowledge as if it were something as simple as eye color. Second beginnings were a lie, yes - people didn't just change out of nowhere. This moment was enough evidence of that. Why should she deserve to be around these people when she thought of a seemingly horrendous wound so casually - what if she ended up being something that would cause that sort of damage to other people?
It's probably not that bad, she told herself, she made it here, after all. Frankly, that line of reasoning only made her feel worse, because now it seemed like she was downplaying other people's pain just to save herself some trouble.
Her rapidly spiraling mental state, a series of thoughts that took place in nothing more than a few seconds, was halted by speech. Greetings. Her name? "I'm Fae," she said, before she could stop herself, immediately biting down on her tongue. Great, now she gave a name. At least she couldn't turn away and run now - that was one thing she learned. Once you say your name, it's like a contract. No choice but to keep talking to them.
"Umm... who are you?" Despite her cool demeanor possibly coming off as cool and confident, her voice was riddled with a certain sort of insecurity, one that betrayed such a cool façade. Not that she really noticed - her brain was too busy taking everything in and fighting itself to pay much mind to how she was acting.
"speech"