01-25-2015, 08:58 PM
"That's not entirely true,"
Elias replied. Puffs of moisture condensed on the air in front of his mouth. He'd rarely seen such a thing before coming here. The cold seemed to pierce bone-deep, already his fingers tingled. He kept his hands in his pockets, and although he noticed Asha was without so much as a coat, he didn't know if there was something he could do. That trick of Nox's would be a simple matter to reproduce, warming the air around them, but he did not like experimenting in front of a stranger. While on one hand he was certain he could obliterate ten of Nox, a small twinge of fear wondered if he could so much as make sparks on demand. Best to not try with an audience.
"If I didn't want to go, i would not have came. I wasted most of my life to date doing things I loathed. I was, however, very ready to leave that bag of crazy. You know the chick? Aria? She was talking about killing rabbits to catch her dinner. I joked that she killed them with her bare teeth and she went psychopath apeshit crazy. She reached for her sword. Nox yanked her back with one of his invisible ropes and I got the hell out of there."
Eli was not chivalrous. Hell, he was wearing two sweaters and a coat and he didn't so much as offer Asha his gloves. But when he turned to her, his gaze was insistent. "You've gotten along your entire life without needing someone else 'like you'. You're only here on their charity, but I'm warning you that they are dangerous. That's something - coming from me."
The corner of one pale lip twinged. Eli did not often admit peril.
He pulled his Uncle's Wallet from its hidden pocket safe against his chest. With it, he gave Asha enough money for two nights at a hotel. "It won't get you the Ritz, but at least it'll be clean, safe and a proper bed. You don't need someone's couch."
With the money went his name and Wallet number. "Call me if you want."
It wasn't the offer of a hero. It was a rope she could use to climb to safety or hang herself with. Eli wasn't going to stick around and find out how she used it.
He pat her on the shoulder as he walked by. Somewhere around here was a metro station, and he was in the mood to ride the trains all night. For all his stoic walking away, he kept an ear taut behind him, in case she came after him.
Elias replied. Puffs of moisture condensed on the air in front of his mouth. He'd rarely seen such a thing before coming here. The cold seemed to pierce bone-deep, already his fingers tingled. He kept his hands in his pockets, and although he noticed Asha was without so much as a coat, he didn't know if there was something he could do. That trick of Nox's would be a simple matter to reproduce, warming the air around them, but he did not like experimenting in front of a stranger. While on one hand he was certain he could obliterate ten of Nox, a small twinge of fear wondered if he could so much as make sparks on demand. Best to not try with an audience.
"If I didn't want to go, i would not have came. I wasted most of my life to date doing things I loathed. I was, however, very ready to leave that bag of crazy. You know the chick? Aria? She was talking about killing rabbits to catch her dinner. I joked that she killed them with her bare teeth and she went psychopath apeshit crazy. She reached for her sword. Nox yanked her back with one of his invisible ropes and I got the hell out of there."
Eli was not chivalrous. Hell, he was wearing two sweaters and a coat and he didn't so much as offer Asha his gloves. But when he turned to her, his gaze was insistent. "You've gotten along your entire life without needing someone else 'like you'. You're only here on their charity, but I'm warning you that they are dangerous. That's something - coming from me."
The corner of one pale lip twinged. Eli did not often admit peril.
He pulled his Uncle's Wallet from its hidden pocket safe against his chest. With it, he gave Asha enough money for two nights at a hotel. "It won't get you the Ritz, but at least it'll be clean, safe and a proper bed. You don't need someone's couch."
With the money went his name and Wallet number. "Call me if you want."
It wasn't the offer of a hero. It was a rope she could use to climb to safety or hang herself with. Eli wasn't going to stick around and find out how she used it.
He pat her on the shoulder as he walked by. Somewhere around here was a metro station, and he was in the mood to ride the trains all night. For all his stoic walking away, he kept an ear taut behind him, in case she came after him.