it harms like a lamb; leilan

[Kora]

Telltale footfalls inform her that she has not escaped his notice. Perhaps she could have quelled the Winter in her veins in order to do a better job of evading him, but the mere thought of suppressing the very essence of who she now was tastes bitterly of who she’d once been – a terrified girl who could hardly breathe past her fears. Useless. Ironically, it would have been this unrelenting piece of herself that would bridge the last gap between her and Rhy, if her sister were still alive – for she finally understands how it must have felt to curb the electric around her. There is a sigh at her lips even as she turns to face him, the glow of crystal-blue eyes settling upon the stallion. Though she may not realize it, she keeps running into people strangely interconnected to her life from before, prior to her submersion into the sea – in this case, the brother of her once-best friend. In some ways, Kora might even bear a slight resemblance to Noori considering the similarities bestowed by their respective seasonal powers, though it was subtle enough to remain unnoticed. Her delicate head tilts as she surveys him bluntly. “You’re following me.” The layers of translucent ice upon her gold-and-silver skin are shifting and moving ever so slowly, eerily alive beneath his gaze. “I suppose you’ve never seen Winter in the flesh before?” It was a redundant question, posed somewhat unsociably through thinly pressed lips. She already knows the answer – after all, this was their first meeting – but she would much rather have him carry the conversation with whatever response it solicited. kora vanished winterchild of riagan and rayelle

@[Leilan]