[ something very small brightens in her at the offer. like it's more proof he's not really going anywhere. ] Yeah. We could do that.
[ annabeth waits with a surprising amount of nerves for his answer to his name, because she hadn't been lying about the meaning and power behind them. she wants to know him as cassian, not a pseudonym, but she absolves to respect whatever he decides. she can do that much for him. so when he tells her she can keep calling him cassian, it feels like a bubble of tension in her deflates. she nods, very seriously, though a smile tugs at the corner of her mouth. ]
Alyx in public. I can do that. [ cassian when it's just them implies, again, they'll spend more time together, and she doesn't quite want to vocalize it, like it could be snatched away just as quickly. ]
[ but then she snorts, rolling her eyes. ] No, I'm only Annabeth. Annabeth Chase, Daughter of Athena.
[ not that it means anything to him, but given the name topic, she feels compelled to include it. he shared and allowed his real name for her - it's like the least she can do. ]
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[ annabeth waits with a surprising amount of nerves for his answer to his name, because she hadn't been lying about the meaning and power behind them. she wants to know him as cassian, not a pseudonym, but she absolves to respect whatever he decides. she can do that much for him. so when he tells her she can keep calling him cassian, it feels like a bubble of tension in her deflates. she nods, very seriously, though a smile tugs at the corner of her mouth. ]
Alyx in public. I can do that. [ cassian when it's just them implies, again, they'll spend more time together, and she doesn't quite want to vocalize it, like it could be snatched away just as quickly. ]
[ but then she snorts, rolling her eyes. ] No, I'm only Annabeth. Annabeth Chase, Daughter of Athena.
[ not that it means anything to him, but given the name topic, she feels compelled to include it. he shared and allowed his real name for her - it's like the least she can do. ]