[ The tension in her shoulders doesn't relax much, but it does start to, just in degrees, when he responds. Understanding better what he means, in that he's not a trained fighter either, and that he gets hurt because he doesn't have those reflexes. It's better than he can survive through that, and she'll always believe as much.
But it doesn't make it rest easy in her mind. ]
Or run away, if that's safer.
[ She nods, accepting that this is as much of any kind of promise she can ask for (or that she shouldn't have asked in the first place). She doesn't want to be facing dying friends; she's still feeling out the disappearing friends trick that Cerealia pulls without so much as blinking. She sticks out her hand, as if to shake hands.
We'll remember to talk things out first. Okay? Talk or run away if we can.
[ She promises not to throw herself purposefully into danger. She does that without trying, but so far, there's been enough luck on her side to slide by and survive. WATCH HER DIE TOMORROW no ]
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But it doesn't make it rest easy in her mind. ]
Or run away, if that's safer.
[ She nods, accepting that this is as much of any kind of promise she can ask for (or that she shouldn't have asked in the first place). She doesn't want to be facing dying friends; she's still feeling out the disappearing friends trick that Cerealia pulls without so much as blinking. She sticks out her hand, as if to shake hands.
We'll remember to talk things out first. Okay? Talk or run away if we can.
[ She promises not to throw herself purposefully into danger. She does that without trying, but so far, there's been enough luck on her side to slide by and survive. WATCH HER DIE TOMORROW no ]