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Lucinda tilts her head sideways. Surprisingly, she isn’t meeting Lifa blow for blow.
ರೃ Lucinda: And, what makes you know I’m not angry right now?
Lifa: Maybe you are. I can’t read your mind. All I know is you didn’t act upon it and I've decided that's good enough.
ರೃ Lucinda: I could still act upon it now. I could prove you wrong.
Lifa: I wouldn't regret it. The stray cats bite me sometimes. That won't stop me from trying to pet them.
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ರೃ Lucinda: So; you risked death just to be calmer?
Lifa shakes her head.
Lifa: I was right there when those rich guys were trying to pick you up, remember? I saw you be patient. All I did right now was prove what I already thought.
Lucinda… backs off, and crosses both arms under her chest. Rotating her head bit by bit, she studies Lifa- and you wonder if she’s aware of how those bright cold eyes look to all others.
ರೃ Lucinda: I am patient, then.
Lifa: I never said that you weren’t, Lucinda. I just said I had to think about it. I didn’t say you weren’t up to my standards; you did.
ರೃ Lucinda: I never thought that I wasn’t. Not for a second.
Lifa blinks, already visibly wounded.
ರೃ Lucinda: You want me to chase your approval so you can get to know me better because the moment you do your part of the contract you’ll have nothing on me. I would keep you alive and that’s it.
Lifa: Explain.
ರೃ Lucinda: There is nothing to explain. At the very least those men went for their prey; you, on the other hand, are laying bait. Taking your time to think.
Lifa opens her mouth.
ರೃ Lucinda: Take your time to think.
…wow, she offered. And the other took it. At this point, you wonder how they even put up with the smell; Felicia already tried to leave twice.
Lifa: You think I want the same as those men.
She pauses a bit more, but Lucinda doesn’t rush her.
Lifa: I know it’s tempting to think otherwise, but human emotions are complex. I’m complex. You are complex. And even those morons have a degree of complexity about them.
ರೃ Lucinda: Interesting of you to say that. Because, so far
Lucinda turns around with likely involuntary ballet reflexes.
ರೃ Lucinda: I’ve been finding emotions to be quite simple… Lifa.
She walks away- but stops short.
ರೃ Lucinda: If you won’t do this for me, I’ll just look for another necromancer. I’m sure wanting loved ones back is quite a normal wish.
Lifa: You don’t want people to know you because you don’t want to be judged as well.
Lucinda stops dead in her tracks and turns around, her blue eyes shining like broken LEDs in the night
but Lifa just looks fucking miserable.
Lifa: Do you still want me to answer that question?
The Fucknado walks away.
