[ a little like a cat, kaveh thinks. there had been strays in sumeru city for as long as it had been called sumeru city. there were cats down at the river bank, small little things that huddled for warmth and canted their heads towards the first friendly hand stretched their way. when a cat wanted you to follow, it would walk first on dainty steps, and then look back. just the little twist of a body motion, just the wide-set flicker of their golden gaze.
kaveh is reminded of that right now as he follows the young man out from the room proper. bereft of the brutalism of sheer, uncompromising red, the young man looks softer, a little lost, a little less hurt. ]
Well. [ kaveh echoes. his smile finally softens around its edge. ] We're out, aren't we? Are you not feeling better for it? I, for one, feel as though I can breathe again.
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kaveh is reminded of that right now as he follows the young man out from the room proper. bereft of the brutalism of sheer, uncompromising red, the young man looks softer, a little lost, a little less hurt. ]
Well. [ kaveh echoes. his smile finally softens around its edge. ] We're out, aren't we? Are you not feeling better for it? I, for one, feel as though I can breathe again.