the half
08-19-2021, 06:49 AM
The woman made a point of avoiding eye contact and her posture remained demure with a touch of nervousness swirled into the mix. Hanako had sort of been like this once, not quite as unsure of herself, but every word and action was accounted for. Something to be thought about so that she presented herself in the best of lights. Now she only tended to save her mask for special occasions, when there was to work to be done far from the Armada's borders. Hanako had grown into her own woman, filling in the spaces she'd once left blank.
And yet the woman in front of her was a strange reminder of what could have been, just another pretty girl who'd been worn down till she was soft and malleable. A tool not in shape but certainly in purpose.
Hanako liked to think she was different though, that her situation was leagues apart from the slave's that stood before her. For one, she'd never been made to serve in any tangible way and if someone tried to make her do some chores now she'd laugh them off none too kindly. But why had Sirius bought a slave? She hadn't even known he was still in the market for such things and perhaps more importantly why hadn't she been gifted one???
Knowing this only soured her mood further. Poor Azure was going to get an earful when she found him.
"I don't really care, do what you want."