all I wanted was proof / that you understand sonder
10-16-2024, 05:52 PM
Cold washed through her veins when Calliope curled her neck around her, serpent-like and just as dangerous in her embrace. "... you better have the fight to back it up." In that moment, with her stomach's contents threatening to come up and show itself to the world once more, Finch knew she didn't have any "fight" in her at all. A snide comment or two, certainly. But she wouldn't be winning any tussles with Calliope, and she had a feeling if she tested her limits again, more than just vomit would be left on the field by the time Calliope was finished with her. Finch gulped, audibly, almost cartoonishly loud and averted her gaze in what she hoped was an appropriate sign of deference. "Understood, Calliope." Her words were back to being stiff and formal again, but that razor wire of tension they danced along kept her blood rushing in her ears. It was almost enough to make her nauseous again. "I'm certain there's more. Things like this don't usually happen without reason, and some might attribute it to divine intervention... but in my experience, time and nature rule all," she murmured, quite profound for someone held captive and covered in loose soil and dirt clods. "We can try and uncover more, but it would go faster with help." All around them they could hear the sounds of soft earth being turned over. Everyone who had come to this place seemed preoccupied with the carvings. "Your help. You're much stronger than I am," she said idly, eyes flicking quickly to Calliope and then away again. Time to experiment how a compliment might land instead of an insult. There had to be some angle she could work to get herself out of this unscathed - or at least only bruised and battered, not maimed or dead. |
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