a woman's mind and the autumn sky

Hattori remained silent as he watched her, the steel of his gaze not quite so unfeeling as it seemed. Sedna had always been the sort who wasn't phased by much at all, so to see her like this did make Hattori's cold facade falter slightly, a chip in his armour. He sighed, his shoulders slumping slightly, not quite so rigid and proper as they ought to be. Would it have been kinder to lie? To let her hope and think things could change, when they both knew it likely would not. Could he come back just around the time she came into season again? The thought made Hattori grimace, his ears flicking back in obvious disgust that wasn't aimed at Sedna.

"I don't think he would deserve you if he even did."