[ For some time they both sit there, breathing in time, struggling to funnel air into their bodies. Zero stands first, pushing herself up with both hands before standing up, feet wobbling.
Without warning she reaches for Suletta and picks her up with an ease that someone of her stature should not be capable of. She throws her over her shoulder with a grunt, walking just a few steps forward so she can fling her onto the bed- it is plush enough that there is no impact, just a bit of bounce.
Silent still Zero leaves Suletta so she can rifle through her dresser, flipping through lace and chiffon until she finds something suitably simple enough to be comfortable. She returns with a simple night gown: soft cotton, enough to keep her warm. ]
[It had been her expectation that she'd be left alone until, exhausted from the burden she'd amassed with her overuse of magic, she'd be allowed to float restlessly into unconsciousness until her mother inevitably arrived. She can feel her magic even at this distance, can almost see — provided she focuses hard enough — the tumultuous smoky red of it flaring in angry and jagged arcs around her as she speaks with another silhouette, one that doesn't shine nearly as brightly. She was livid even from floors away. It was like heat coming off a furnace.
Suletta is distracted by her growing unease when her Lady lifts her with no problem at all. She tenses, as terrified as a hunted rabbit and still soaked to the bone with salt water. When Zero tosses her unceremoniously on the bed, she's surprised it doesn't hurt. She forces herself up to take the night gown with hands that twitch and shake like an old woman's.]
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Without warning she reaches for Suletta and picks her up with an ease that someone of her stature should not be capable of. She throws her over her shoulder with a grunt, walking just a few steps forward so she can fling her onto the bed- it is plush enough that there is no impact, just a bit of bounce.
Silent still Zero leaves Suletta so she can rifle through her dresser, flipping through lace and chiffon until she finds something suitably simple enough to be comfortable. She returns with a simple night gown: soft cotton, enough to keep her warm. ]
You smell like a fisherman.
[ Is all she has to offer. ]
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Suletta is distracted by her growing unease when her Lady lifts her with no problem at all. She tenses, as terrified as a hunted rabbit and still soaked to the bone with salt water. When Zero tosses her unceremoniously on the bed, she's surprised it doesn't hurt. She forces herself up to take the night gown with hands that twitch and shake like an old woman's.]
Ah... thank you.