08-31-2021, 06:42 PM
mazikeen
Mazikeen gets the uncomfortable idea that she needs to pick her questions carefully with Reave in order to get any satisfying answers (or maybe she just needs to be a little more blunt). Though she thinks she’ll be better at such games now without so many emotions to cloud her mind, she has more faith in the strength of her body than the strength of her mind.
These insecurities settle strangely inside of her and finally disappear when she reminds herself that she’s outsmarted the Curse more than once - back when he had given her things to outsmart him about. And she’s not trying to outsmart Reave - just to understand.
Regardless, she hadn’t known what to expect when she came here but she certainly doesn’t feel disappointed yet. He had been sharp when she had met him in the forest but there are even sharper edges to him now and she appreciates the change.
Reave keeps her attention well - her gaze not even shifting when the eagle squawks, a small smile remaining at his words though her eyes keep their intensity. It is not difficult to believe he might be a keeper of secrets - she'd been willing to answer whatever question he'd asked before and maybe that skill had been honed over the last few years.
The iridescent wings at her sides disappear and she is standing there simply as herself when she asks “Are my children, or my secrets, of any particular interest? Or do you just enjoy ferreting out the secrets of everyone?” Her tone contains nothing but curiosity - she does not believe it would matter either way. The first would be more interesting, to be sure, but she would not be disappointed if it was just that Reave enjoyed knowing all that he could.
Once she might have been even been curious about the secrets of others but today her intrigue is completely selfish.
These insecurities settle strangely inside of her and finally disappear when she reminds herself that she’s outsmarted the Curse more than once - back when he had given her things to outsmart him about. And she’s not trying to outsmart Reave - just to understand.
Regardless, she hadn’t known what to expect when she came here but she certainly doesn’t feel disappointed yet. He had been sharp when she had met him in the forest but there are even sharper edges to him now and she appreciates the change.
Reave keeps her attention well - her gaze not even shifting when the eagle squawks, a small smile remaining at his words though her eyes keep their intensity. It is not difficult to believe he might be a keeper of secrets - she'd been willing to answer whatever question he'd asked before and maybe that skill had been honed over the last few years.
The iridescent wings at her sides disappear and she is standing there simply as herself when she asks “Are my children, or my secrets, of any particular interest? Or do you just enjoy ferreting out the secrets of everyone?” Her tone contains nothing but curiosity - she does not believe it would matter either way. The first would be more interesting, to be sure, but she would not be disappointed if it was just that Reave enjoyed knowing all that he could.
Once she might have been even been curious about the secrets of others but today her intrigue is completely selfish.
@Reave