[ She almost twitches her hand away from his when he touches the back of it, where the knife had punctured. It has nothing to do with him, and everything to do with guarding herself against everyone and everything. There isn't positive contact in her world, and while that's been changing in this one, it's still a long ingrained response. ]
Worse, when regeneration's required.
[ Which doesn't mention any of the rest: how transformations are intense explosions of light and heat and energy, how she can protect or destroy individuals around her in that moment. Everything about Titans runs hot, and everything about Titan shifters relying on their Titan aspect runs just as hot.
They're both odd ducks, and she tips her head to acknowledge the top off without responding to the wink. He's mostly refreshing because not only does he have powers that happen to be in certain lights fairly similar, but he doesn't talk about saving worlds or hoping to change whole civilizations or stating how sacred life is, while hypocritically consigning others to death without a thought.
So basically, he's shady. And shady is something easier for her to understand and get along with. Shady is not the same as bad. She's... pretty sure Krieg counts as shady, too. He's not mentally all there, and his world is absolutely insane. He's also one of the easiest people for her to get on with here.
So it goes. She sets the knife to the side and sits back, looking relaxed, while she watches the room. She does not read as open to conversation, partly habit, partly her resting uninterested face. ]
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Worse, when regeneration's required.
[ Which doesn't mention any of the rest: how transformations are intense explosions of light and heat and energy, how she can protect or destroy individuals around her in that moment. Everything about Titans runs hot, and everything about Titan shifters relying on their Titan aspect runs just as hot.
They're both odd ducks, and she tips her head to acknowledge the top off without responding to the wink. He's mostly refreshing because not only does he have powers that happen to be in certain lights fairly similar, but he doesn't talk about saving worlds or hoping to change whole civilizations or stating how sacred life is, while hypocritically consigning others to death without a thought.
So basically, he's shady. And shady is something easier for her to understand and get along with. Shady is not the same as bad. She's... pretty sure Krieg counts as shady, too. He's not mentally all there, and his world is absolutely insane. He's also one of the easiest people for her to get on with here.
So it goes. She sets the knife to the side and sits back, looking relaxed, while she watches the room. She does not read as open to conversation, partly habit, partly her resting uninterested face. ]