11-05-2021, 08:58 PM
Malik says he’s fine, and there’s that reassuring smile, but something about the way he stills makes it difficult for her to believe. The way he stills reminds her of what some of the native Tephran animals did when she surprised them as a navy panther. That pause where they freeze, trying to decide whether it is in their best interest to run or not.
It doesn’t surprise her at all that living with their parents would’ve inspired such a reaction - but she hates to recognize this behaviour in her beloved brother, even if he isn't quite the Malik she had been expecting.
And she hates that she had not been brave enough to go and rescue him.
Confusion clouds her expression when he mentions that Mazikeen is never mean to Myrna - a name that Sickle doesn’t recognize at all. But before she can ask, something else happens. She has no idea what, because all of a sudden Malik is flinching and pulling away from her, accusing her of - well she has no idea. Her uncertainty multiples and the brindling on her coat begins to take on the colours of their surroundings. “Did I do what?” She asks, incredulous, and then tacking on another question just to clear everything up. “And who the hell is Myrna?”
It doesn’t surprise her at all that living with their parents would’ve inspired such a reaction - but she hates to recognize this behaviour in her beloved brother, even if he isn't quite the Malik she had been expecting.
And she hates that she had not been brave enough to go and rescue him.
Confusion clouds her expression when he mentions that Mazikeen is never mean to Myrna - a name that Sickle doesn’t recognize at all. But before she can ask, something else happens. She has no idea what, because all of a sudden Malik is flinching and pulling away from her, accusing her of - well she has no idea. Her uncertainty multiples and the brindling on her coat begins to take on the colours of their surroundings. “Did I do what?” She asks, incredulous, and then tacking on another question just to clear everything up. “And who the hell is Myrna?”
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Malik