[ The reassuring squeeze is registered with sudden, startled surprise. For a moment, the gaze that snaps across goes too high, searching for something that is not, will never be there, before drifting back down with faint embarrassment.
The kindness is noted, but ignored with a wry sigh. ]
Mm, maybe. But I refuse to lie, even about something like this.
[ Little lies build to big ones. Even deflecting it feels wrong, but it's a wrongness they'll gladly stomach rather then explain why the sight of an endless field of roses hurts so much. Priorities are a hell of a thing, huh?
The rest, however, earns her an exasperated quirk of an eyebrow as they shuffle their way to the promised destination. ]
... And you don't think that was for good reason, given your current condition? [ Given the hellburns and all. ] Though I suppose I would've been stuck outside the gates, without your explicit permission to enter.
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The kindness is noted, but ignored with a wry sigh. ]
Mm, maybe. But I refuse to lie, even about something like this.
[ Little lies build to big ones. Even deflecting it feels wrong, but it's a wrongness they'll gladly stomach rather then explain why the sight of an endless field of roses hurts so much. Priorities are a hell of a thing, huh?
The rest, however, earns her an exasperated quirk of an eyebrow as they shuffle their way to the promised destination. ]
... And you don't think that was for good reason, given your current condition? [ Given the hellburns and all. ] Though I suppose I would've been stuck outside the gates, without your explicit permission to enter.