[ Forget the lightning -- the blow Maya deals hurts more than anything he's ever experienced.
The slightly pleasant expression he had forced in their brief exchange crumples away, leaving something raw and broken and hurt, and he sags against the den's mouth. And he knew it, knew she was trying to be kind with him last night, that she felt pity for him, because he was in pain and she probably wanted to prevent his mewling like a child. Of course she didn't really care. He was stupid to have hoped.
And now that he was better he knew, somehow, that the anger would rear its head, would make her realize that he was holding her back.
She was a goddamn Siren, powerful and dangerous, who had anchored herself to a useless idiot with a shitty sense of self-preservation.
He swallows and nods, knowing she won't see it with her back to him as it is. ]
... Right. Yeah. Your-- your payment. [ He can't help how thick and bitter his voice sounds, can't think of anything else to say, so he simply turns back around and uses his other arm to brace himself against the wall as he limps his way back inside. ]
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The slightly pleasant expression he had forced in their brief exchange crumples away, leaving something raw and broken and hurt, and he sags against the den's mouth. And he knew it, knew she was trying to be kind with him last night, that she felt pity for him, because he was in pain and she probably wanted to prevent his mewling like a child. Of course she didn't really care. He was stupid to have hoped.
And now that he was better he knew, somehow, that the anger would rear its head, would make her realize that he was holding her back.
She was a goddamn Siren, powerful and dangerous, who had anchored herself to a useless idiot with a shitty sense of self-preservation.
He swallows and nods, knowing she won't see it with her back to him as it is. ]
... Right. Yeah. Your-- your payment. [ He can't help how thick and bitter his voice sounds, can't think of anything else to say, so he simply turns back around and uses his other arm to brace himself against the wall as he limps his way back inside. ]