( given everything, the retaliation isn't exactly unexpected, but she doesn't avoid it either, stumbling backwards by a few steps as the force of his hands stick the slimy rot of her skin to her top.
ugh.
why did she bother to drag this guy here if he's just going to be a brat about it? they're already fighting a losing battle but here's her dumb ass, stuck trying to keep a version of Rider she barely recognises safe.
(she knows why. knows whatever this is isn't normal, is nothing but a hiccup in a stressful situation, or... maybe there are other curses out there like the one peeling layers of skin and muscle away from her bones.
still. it's pissing her off.) )
—Fine.
( he'd have a point if he wasn't being such a dick about it. )
Next time you can stay out there.
( it's ineffective and petulant, and she's too damn tired to care that it is, spinning on her heel and dropping down into the nearest chair instead of arguing back. )
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ugh.
why did she bother to drag this guy here if he's just going to be a brat about it? they're already fighting a losing battle but here's her dumb ass, stuck trying to keep a version of Rider she barely recognises safe.
(she knows why. knows whatever this is isn't normal, is nothing but a hiccup in a stressful situation, or... maybe there are other curses out there like the one peeling layers of skin and muscle away from her bones.
still. it's pissing her off.) )
—Fine.
( he'd have a point if he wasn't being such a dick about it. )
Next time you can stay out there.
( it's ineffective and petulant, and she's too damn tired to care that it is, spinning on her heel and dropping down into the nearest chair instead of arguing back. )