[As she runs alongside him, Rio glances back at the elves in hot pursuit of them, and begins to feel something pull to the surface of her heart. Even if they run, what else could be waiting? Another "gift"? And who says they'll even stop chasing them at all if they loop around?
She thinks to herself about how IV didn't hesitate to pull her out of his giant mistake -- maybe he just wasn't ready to be at fault for someone else's death yet, but regardless, a fragment of her feelings from back then become too vivid to ignore, and she yanks her wrist free, jumping up and over the short elves in one bound as they skid to a halt and try to turn around again.
This time it was her mistake, so it's up to her to do the same thing for him.]
Hmph. So it is me they're focused on...
[Since they didn't beeline straight for IV with that opening she gave them and all. A pause as she takes a few steps back to put IV safely out of her range, withdrawing her lapis from inside her coat. From just that, it's pretty clear what she intends to do.]
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She thinks to herself about how IV didn't hesitate to pull her out of his giant mistake -- maybe he just wasn't ready to be at fault for someone else's death yet, but regardless, a fragment of her feelings from back then become too vivid to ignore, and she yanks her wrist free, jumping up and over the short elves in one bound as they skid to a halt and try to turn around again.
This time it was her mistake, so it's up to her to do the same thing for him.]
Hmph. So it is me they're focused on...
[Since they didn't beeline straight for IV with that opening she gave them and all. A pause as she takes a few steps back to put IV safely out of her range, withdrawing her lapis from inside her coat. From just that, it's pretty clear what she intends to do.]