champagne's for celebrating

The discomfort that their current position elicited within her seemed to slowly ebb away. Theory seemed just as content here as she was, even leaning back against her... like this was something she truly wanted. No, needed. Or maybe Thalia was just projecting what she was feeling onto the other woman. She hoped desperately she wasn't breathing too loud. Despite the rain that continued to drizzle down nearby, somehow things felt deafeningly silent, only exacerbating every noise - from her uneven breaths to the way her throat seemed too scratchy when she tried to speak. But the sound that Theory made suddenly made it hard to focus on much of anything, especially their conversation. She wondered just how easily she could make her repeat that noise, because it was definitely something she wanted to hear again...

Family. Yes. Theory admitted her sister had come home just before the raid. Her name was Motif. More information to remember, to relay, though keeping it all to herself sounded infinitely better. "I hope," she started, though her thoughts seemed to derail again as Theory leaned into her and spoke of... Eligos. "Ah, yes, Eligos," she started tentatively. They'd never really spoken of her pack, or her family, only in the vaguest terms. Briefly, she'd told Theory about her God, but it'd been hard to gauge her reaction - or if she'd even cared enough to have one. Though she'd done more than most wolves by not questioning her on it either way.

Maybe that was why Thalia liked her so much - she just let her be and seemed to accept everything about her, though part of her wondered if she'd feel the same if she knew more about her, about her family, about her world. "Your sister likes him?" In what way, she wondered? Eligos was a man hard to read, even to her - though she had a feeling he wasn't the type to fall for a wolf from Abaven. Not like me, she thought so suddenly that she nearly made herself feel sick all over again. Was that what was happening? It simultaneously made no sense, and perfect sense. "I don't blame her though. Eligos is a good man. He's doing right by my family." Everyone might not agree, but she did - the stability that he'd brought her life was something she was deeply thankful for, after a period of such tumultuous uncertainty.