[private] I could take the whole world with me

[Altissima]

The feeling of being absolutely pleased with herself does not diminish, but it is a little less enjoyable to rub it in his face when he looks away from her and then back with a stoic expression. It is difficult to banter with yourself and she had been expecting a few more quips but they seemed to have dried up rather suddenly.

Where was the Tarian that had needled her with nonsense in the forest? He’s oddly quiet now, and Altissima is just starting to wonder why she cares when the light around him dims and he makes a remark about it.

If she had eyebrows they would have flown clear off of her face. Was he being a stick in the mud because she had surprised him and he had lost the bet, or was it because of the glow?

She tilts her head to regard him, her eyes trailing over the now-dim glow surrounding him. She had certainly not expected anything to have changed about him, but then she had changed too. After the sun had burned so brightly for that brief moment and then the air around her had continued to twinkle. “I didn’t.” She replies honestly to his question and when her eyes return to his face, Altissima asks in her blunt manner - “Why does it bother you so much?”

altissima

@[Tarian]