Jo smacks the woman's hand hard away as soon as she (it) dares to touch her. Fingertips, barely glancing at her skin, prickling cold, and so profoundly wrong. Whatever it is, it's not real. At least not as whatever it's supposed to be. Fully autonomous Horizon ghost; that's a new one.
That new word is still recognizable. Fjerdan. Something about her looks. And the way the woman considered her body like a piece of stock cattle out on a ranch.
"She's right," Jo says about Inej's words without looking at Inej herself. Staring at the woman who is more ghost than woman and yet more solid than a ghost should rightfully be. The lights consider to flicker and buzz around them, through the bar, and every moment it seems to change whether the light is going through that body in front of her or reflecting off her rich skin.
Scornful promise in her retort, "I bite back." And so much worse.
The woman's smile seemed only more domineering. "There are always clients who pay top dollar to sate the hunger to—" She savors the drawl, turning her look toward Inej again. Letting the space build the intensity of it "—tame something beautiful and wild."
Re: feel free to take control of Heleen, I trust you <3
That new word is still recognizable. Fjerdan. Something about her looks.
And the way the woman considered her body like a piece of stock cattle out on a ranch.
"She's right," Jo says about Inej's words without looking at Inej herself. Staring at the woman who is more ghost than woman and yet more solid than a ghost should rightfully be. The lights consider to flicker and buzz around them, through the bar, and every moment it seems to change whether the light is going through that body in front of her or reflecting off her rich skin.
Scornful promise in her retort, "I bite back." And so much worse.
The woman's smile seemed only more domineering. "There are always clients who pay top dollar to sate the hunger to—" She savors the drawl, turning her look toward Inej again. Letting the space build the intensity of it "—tame something beautiful and wild."