[He asks if that's all... and it might directly result in Estinien having sore ribs if he ever regains consciousness, because Hayame, who is always ready to hear the worst interpretation of any words thrown her way, interprets some sort of insinuation there that makes her hackles rise and her cheeks burn with what she wished was only anger, and it makes her grip tighten and her clipped-short fingernails dig in for purchase.]
What else would I do? I'm not one of those sorcerers!
[Maybe if she were... Estinien would be awake. Maybe she wouldn't be failing again. Maybe if he hadn't interrupted...
Once he finally provides details instead of vague references, things begin to slot into place. Last they'd spoken, he had told her that the whoremonger and the healer woman (Abel, yes, and Himeka) were missing. He had been worried. But he had told her he would meet her in Grentruth... and then he hadn't been. The timeline comes into focus, but it doesn't... explain the state he is in now.
Her eyes narrow into a glare at the fluffy white wings on Naruhodo's back, on Estinien's body everywhere. (What was that thing, behind them? She didn't notice it before, barely notices it now-)]
This is that Innocence thing's shrine, isn't it? I'll just take him away from here- far away from it's influence...
[... Except. Being in Godsblood or Venera far from this shrine hadn't stopped the thing from possessing Estinien in the first place, and by the time the words have left her mouth... She already doubts it will do anything, no matter how sure her voice sounded.]
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What else would I do? I'm not one of those sorcerers!
[Maybe if she were... Estinien would be awake. Maybe she wouldn't be failing again. Maybe if he hadn't interrupted...
Once he finally provides details instead of vague references, things begin to slot into place. Last they'd spoken, he had told her that the whoremonger and the healer woman (Abel, yes, and Himeka) were missing. He had been worried. But he had told her he would meet her in Grentruth... and then he hadn't been. The timeline comes into focus, but it doesn't... explain the state he is in now.
Her eyes narrow into a glare at the fluffy white wings on Naruhodo's back, on Estinien's body everywhere. (What was that thing, behind them? She didn't notice it before, barely notices it now-)]
This is that Innocence thing's shrine, isn't it? I'll just take him away from here- far away from it's influence...
[... Except. Being in Godsblood or Venera far from this shrine hadn't stopped the thing from possessing Estinien in the first place, and by the time the words have left her mouth... She already doubts it will do anything, no matter how sure her voice sounded.]