I was looking for a breath of life
another taste of divine rush
Oh of course, take your problems out on the crazy one. No wonder Kushiel doesn’t have a girlfriend. A fire-wielder against poor, loopy Shaytan. Real mature of you, Kushiel. Great role model for the kids. Poor Kushiel and his fire powers, god forbid there be some recompense for his actions.
After all, her intention is only to protect the tree from his sexual assault. What’s wrong with that?
Shay has little in the world - almost no respect (look at what Kushiel says, they laugh at her for her bunny addiction), no lover (even though she would do anything for Straia), and she’s really bad with kids. All the spotted mare has is her affinity for this tree and he couldn’t even give her that. Typical bully stallion; he isn’t as bad as Gryffen, but she can feel her lips start to curl with disdain for his blatant abuse of his power. Even if that abuse is what makes him fit in with the other members of this kingdom, would Straia really like it if he turned the flames on the crazy, harmless one?
She thinks not, and she’ll hedge her bets on it. Which may get her burned, in the end, but so be it.
She puts on her best defiant voice and wildest crazy eyes and scoots closer to the flames that won’t burn her. Maybe if he did actually light her ass on fire, the otherworldly flames would put it out? She doesn’t know, it’s just a stab in the dark. “No,” she spits back at him, like some child full of bravado. “I’m not afraid of you.” Which is true. She isn’t.
Perhaps she should be - but after all, Shaytan is also almost certainly certifiably crazy. She doesn't know any better
Shaytan
so many lives
so many pairs of eyes