02-03-2014, 12:34 PM
Dane spoke with disbelief and conviction about monsters as if he knew something she did not. Aria did not like the way it had come out. The power of gods was addicting, was this man a monster that she was taught his kind could be? Aria pulled her bubble of tightly around her. She did not want to have to feel more from him than she had to. He was starting to scare her and the fear slide along the bubble threatening to break in. But she was taught to control her fear. It was a tool to be used just like the sword she held in her hand. Just a tool, no matter how much this man was starting to frighten her.
When he finally released the power Aria was thankful for the calmness he projected, he was curious but nothing threatening. Fears slide away for the most part but they sat at the edge waiting for just one more thing to burst through her little bubble.
He grabbed her hand. Aria swayed in the breeze. It wasn't more than a moment, but there was nothing but Dane in her head. The grip on her arm was all that she noticed. If the monster returned they would both likely perish before Aria could react. Even though his glove padded the connection she could feel his budding curiosity.
Aria barely heard the question he had asked.
"What kind of girl speaks of myths and monsters, walks graveyards at night, and duels in cold steel? None that I believe to have encountered before."
She looked up into and stared into his eyes. She smiled as he tightened his grip. Aria pulled her hand towards her, not trying to break his grip but unbalance him, unnerve him, something other than the curiosity that flowed though her body. "Wouldn't you like to know?"
This was the closest she'd been to anyone in a very long time. The fact that she let him keep his grip on her stirred emotions Aria had been trying to forget. Things that had long since passed. Aria reached up with her left hand, and touched the his check cautiously. In that one touch, she feared nothing, but the longing to touch another seeped through her down her arm and out her fingers. It was like nothing Aria had ever felt, she pulled her hand back from his face and put it on his chest and pushed softly but not very forceful. "I... don't... I should go."
But Aria didn't move, couldn't move, she was transfixed with the mixture of his and her emotions.
Edited by Aria, Feb 3 2014, 12:35 PM.
When he finally released the power Aria was thankful for the calmness he projected, he was curious but nothing threatening. Fears slide away for the most part but they sat at the edge waiting for just one more thing to burst through her little bubble.
He grabbed her hand. Aria swayed in the breeze. It wasn't more than a moment, but there was nothing but Dane in her head. The grip on her arm was all that she noticed. If the monster returned they would both likely perish before Aria could react. Even though his glove padded the connection she could feel his budding curiosity.
Aria barely heard the question he had asked.
"What kind of girl speaks of myths and monsters, walks graveyards at night, and duels in cold steel? None that I believe to have encountered before."
She looked up into and stared into his eyes. She smiled as he tightened his grip. Aria pulled her hand towards her, not trying to break his grip but unbalance him, unnerve him, something other than the curiosity that flowed though her body. "Wouldn't you like to know?"
This was the closest she'd been to anyone in a very long time. The fact that she let him keep his grip on her stirred emotions Aria had been trying to forget. Things that had long since passed. Aria reached up with her left hand, and touched the his check cautiously. In that one touch, she feared nothing, but the longing to touch another seeped through her down her arm and out her fingers. It was like nothing Aria had ever felt, she pulled her hand back from his face and put it on his chest and pushed softly but not very forceful. "I... don't... I should go."
But Aria didn't move, couldn't move, she was transfixed with the mixture of his and her emotions.
Edited by Aria, Feb 3 2014, 12:35 PM.