04-16-2020, 02:32 PM
Hey all you cool cats and kittens
They shift and jockey for position like birds on a branch and she quickly grows tired of it. The smoke of the flames makes her eyes stream and her skin flush red, but as it curls thickly around her, she stands firm, apart from those that gather now around Lilliana. A semi-permanent frown is etched onto her lips as the chestnut diplomat speaks her terms in response to Ghaul's somewhat cryptic offer.
"A favor." The word is flat against the lively fire crackling behind them. She is inclined to refuse outright, they will all lose their grip on their prizes, given enough time, but she is curious, too. What can the Pangean want from Nerine? His actions previously have appeared to simply be the spreading of chaos across the continent and without any real political motive. Pale eyes flick to Lilli and her frown deepens. Neverwhere was not brought up in a world of politics, was never trained for these things, and her instinct is to trust the hard line being drawn by someone who was, and yet...
"I want my stolen people returned, Ghaul, unharmed. All of them." She says it without looking away from Lilli, attempting to read the mingled expressions on the other mare's face. Of course Neverwhere agrees to those terms, but why should Pangea? What do they gain, beyond the return of the fire-breather, who would go back to them in a year's time regardless of Nerine's ability to hold him? "But, we will not agree to secret terms, you are going to have to be more plain."
"A favor." The word is flat against the lively fire crackling behind them. She is inclined to refuse outright, they will all lose their grip on their prizes, given enough time, but she is curious, too. What can the Pangean want from Nerine? His actions previously have appeared to simply be the spreading of chaos across the continent and without any real political motive. Pale eyes flick to Lilli and her frown deepens. Neverwhere was not brought up in a world of politics, was never trained for these things, and her instinct is to trust the hard line being drawn by someone who was, and yet...
"I want my stolen people returned, Ghaul, unharmed. All of them." She says it without looking away from Lilli, attempting to read the mingled expressions on the other mare's face. Of course Neverwhere agrees to those terms, but why should Pangea? What do they gain, beyond the return of the fire-breather, who would go back to them in a year's time regardless of Nerine's ability to hold him? "But, we will not agree to secret terms, you are going to have to be more plain."
That bitch, Neverwhere
