The stars in your eyes

When Em had looked down at him, she had fully anticipated seeing disappointment or disgust for her in his eyes. It was what she felt for herself, so it only made sense others would see her that way too, right? But when dual-toned blues met sparkling silver, all she could see in Segin's expression was empathy, caring, and love. He showed no signs of negativity to her, and if anything he was holding onto her even tighter than before and not pushing her away. Em was bewildered when he spoke more seriously, voicing his appreciation that she was here. But not here in regards to their group, here as in alive. Then he said he was proud of her. He was proud of her. Proud. Pride had not been something relatively close to how she felt about herself, yet here was this smaller brute saying it to her with such conviction and certainty it sent her reeling.

Emersyn swallowed down the rising emotion choking her words. Segin had taken her so aback that she really didn't know how to respond to him at first. He didn't think she was broken or revolting for the sexual assault she had endured. He didn't see her as weak or a victim. Segin made her feel like a survivor. Her heart beat more erratically with emotions she didn't recognize and her tail began to subconsciously start wagging, gently bumping against him. "Thank you..." she spoke softly after a few moments of trying to gather her emotions and thoughts into coherent words. "That... That means more to me than you know. You're the only wolf to ever say you're proud of me, or that you're happy I'm alive."

Thank you didn't really feel like it came close to how much she appreciated Segin's care and affection, but it was all she had. With the smaller brute still wrapped around her legs, Em leaned her head down over top of his to snuggle him closer, her bushy tail once more looping to wrap around his rump. Cuddling was still not an action she was familiar with, but the warmth of his body against hers felt nice, comforting, reassuring. Now that she had told him her story, she felt like a weight had been lifted off her chest. Em sighed softly, her heart feeling all the lighter for sharing with him. It did raise questions in her head about him though. "When did you ever have to kill a wolf?" she asked, bringing up something he had mentioned in casual passing before that seemed so out of character for sweet little Segin. She just had to know more about what would push this darling sweetheart to homicide.

"Emersyn"