His words send her fur bristling and her exterior crumbling to dust. Realization widens her eyes as she stares at him, clearly dumbfounded. He really didn't know. His father, just like her own, had not cared to inform him of the fate they were destined to carry. Lumine did not simply loathe the Kaizen because of his lame demeanor and droll personality. That was hardly a reason to despise a boy who (albeit had been a douche the first time they'd met) had done nothing much to cause such scorn in his direction.
"We, you and I, are supposed to be married when we're older," she accentuates each word, slowly and carefully, as if he were the dumbest wolf to ever exist. Staring daggers at him, hoping that his thick skull will understand what she's saying, she only waits another moment before turning away. Frustration and anger rebuild as she focuses her attention on the degrading ship. The way its boards bend and rot, becoming nothing more than debris scattered across sharp rocks. Not far off, the sound of water lapping on the shore drifts toward her ears, calling to her, asking her to run away. It was a terribly sad, yet beautiful place. Small shafts of line shine through the exterior entrances, highlighting the mussels and barnacles that had long since died, but still adorned the ship's hull.
"If I force myself to hate you enough, then maybe our fathers will take pity on us and give up this arranged marriage ordeal," Lumine speaks softly, defeated as she still refuses to look at him. Would it be so terrible to get to know him and possibly want to be at least his friend? No, she supposed it wouldn't be. But the simple fact that those two horrible old stupid geezers had made a decision on her life before she was even born infuriated her. No one was allowed to dictate her life like that, ever. A growl ripples up her throat, a paw kicking out decaying debris in anger.
"speech"
