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‣ aloy. ([personal profile] seeker) wrote in [personal profile] intoningly 2024-12-12 03:02 am (UTC)

[This family meeting had not gone as planned.

Aloy has the harried, exhausted look of someone with the weight of the world on her shoulders — and for once, this isn't literally the case, as much as it felt that way. She slips into the bedroom quietly, running a hand through her hair in a subdued gesture of distress. Her "retirement" has softened her too — mostly about the midsection, which had come as a surprise to her, and the graying in her hair, which had not.

Her gaze softens at the sight of Zero wrapped in blankets. This sort of burrowing instinct was a habit of hers that never ceased to be charming to Aloy. She leans against the doorframe, arms crossed.]


Yeah. Alana told me to "be reasonable." [The way Aloy's chin lifts at this, as if in response to a challenge, is familiar.] Honestly. They're acting like I told them I was coming out of retirement.

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