[ Heroes go above and beyond expectation, hero is a word for the sacrificing and devout.
None of these things does she attribute to the now-fallen noble in front of her; he is little more than a mercenary in her eyes, a lordless and fathomless tool of destruction.
(--the spark of a memory when she was much younger and softer, when the world was still made of colors between the precipices of black and white. he had been a shade of warmth to her then, a slice of sunlight on a muted existence. her nostalgia burns now in shades of white fire and spite, not softened by the reverence of the past but hardened by it, angered by the passage of its shadow--)
The flash of emotion crosses her silent stare, brightens the stoic features in a light of barely contained irritation once more before settling back down into impassive nothingness. ]
Not long enough for my liking.
[ Slow, measured steps carry her in a lazy half-circle about him, hands folded demurely at her back. ]
I will see this warrant, then -- [ like a curse, a perversion, the next word that follows is uttered with absolute disdain ] -- killjoy.
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None of these things does she attribute to the now-fallen noble in front of her; he is little more than a mercenary in her eyes, a lordless and fathomless tool of destruction.
(--the spark of a memory when she was much younger and softer, when the world was still made of colors between the precipices of black and white. he had been a shade of warmth to her then, a slice of sunlight on a muted existence. her nostalgia burns now in shades of white fire and spite, not softened by the reverence of the past but hardened by it, angered by the passage of its shadow--)
The flash of emotion crosses her silent stare, brightens the stoic features in a light of barely contained irritation once more before settling back down into impassive nothingness. ]
Not long enough for my liking.
[ Slow, measured steps carry her in a lazy half-circle about him, hands folded demurely at her back. ]
I will see this warrant, then -- [ like a curse, a perversion, the next word that follows is uttered with absolute disdain ] -- killjoy.