She instantly felt at home, the banter, his mood, it was all familiar, needed. She caught the tingle of a tear along her lower lash line and quickly blinked it away. Better not to let anyone know she was as emotionally compromised as she was, old habits died hard anyway. "[color=#2ecc40]You'd play the horn till false dawn if one allowed you to.[/color]" She deadpanned the line, but one corner of her mouth had a hard time sitting still then, pulling up into a half smirk.
"[color=#2ecc40]A small comfort I will take, over what the past few weeks have been, and those bastards can stay in the past where they belong.[/color]" She snorted as she sipped her beer again, now allowing herself to actually drink from the mug. He was there and he still moved in a way that she could read. He would be at her back if a brawl happened and they'd either be sitting pretty by the end of it, or both nursing beatings. That was all she needed to know to be more at ease than she had been in weeks.
"[color=#2ecc40]What are you doing these days, still teaching? I've not heard of any gladiator type rings, but, I've not been in any one place too long either to see if there was anything being run in less than above board places.[/color]"
"[color=#2ecc40]A small comfort I will take, over what the past few weeks have been, and those bastards can stay in the past where they belong.[/color]" She snorted as she sipped her beer again, now allowing herself to actually drink from the mug. He was there and he still moved in a way that she could read. He would be at her back if a brawl happened and they'd either be sitting pretty by the end of it, or both nursing beatings. That was all she needed to know to be more at ease than she had been in weeks.
"[color=#2ecc40]What are you doing these days, still teaching? I've not heard of any gladiator type rings, but, I've not been in any one place too long either to see if there was anything being run in less than above board places.[/color]"
03-17-2024, 03:15 PM
