Aftermath

Walk | Talk | Think

Klypso sighed, and to Yin's ears it almost sounded rather sad. Had he expected her to stay in this area, maybe even be compelled to remain with him for whatever reason? She had already made it clear that she did not expect him to stick around, even assured him that he would not, but he had been the one to stubbornly tell her that she was wrong. He could not have imagined that she would try to make those arrangements easy for him, not when she had grown so used to doing her own thing and not needing to take anyone else's comfort into consideration. Could she even make that adjustment again?

He left the question of his course of action up to her, assuring her again that her friendship was worth more than she thought it to be. Out of impatience, she answered curtly, "Shut up," and took a moment more to think. She wished she was already in her quiet north, away and alone and free to do as she wanted without anyone holding her back. She had no responsibility to Klypso, she told herself again, no reason even to still be considering her options. So why was she?

"What do you want to do? Really?" she asked, her tone short and her brow furrowed over her ocean green and icy blue eyes. Did he really want to end their friendship? Did he want out of their deal? Or did he want to follow her, for whatever reason he had to do so? Yin needed to know.