Patrick had a point. Even if they were brutes of the worst kind, deep under that exterior they were still people no different than the two of them, which meant they had to have weaknesses. The trouble would just be trying to find out these weaknesses and praying to the Immortals that it was information they could actually use. She thought in her mind about the fact that she could cozy up to the men who shared pointers with her on her fighting form. She could use her womanly wiles to find out their habits, even if the thought completely disgusted her. “I’ll see what I can find out and you do the same. There’s a couple that have warmed up to me, offered pointers.”
She shrugged and glanced down at the pedant their conversation had suddenly shifted towards. It was a sentimental piece for him, having first belonged to his mother and then to his brother Dom. He offered up some sage advice, words from his mother, and Rei tried to take them with grace. She tried to see the good, too, and always had, but sometimes it could end you up in a right nasty predicament if you weren’t careful. After all, seeing the best in people was how she got stabbed in the back at the Infirmary when she was just trying her best.
“It makes sense that you might not want to wear it.” Rei took the pendant offered her and examined the long elegance of the chain and then the pendent itself taking a guise as a compass with a convincing sparrow on top. She ran her fingers over the bird. “You will never be lost if you always know where you are going. That’s how I interpret it anyway.” She smiled at him and carefully deposited the pendant back into the palm of his hand. She couldn’t forgive herself if she dropped and broke it, considering how very important it was to him.
“I’m going to go meditate. It clears my head and helps me think more clearly. I’ll be in the cabin.” She stood suddenly, a bandaged hand cradling his cheek in a farewell. Rei set off below deck and made aims to avoid Gorroc at all cost. Thankfully she got to their room without any trouble. She laid the blanket out on the cold wood and sat cross-legged, her hands resting on her knees. Blue eyes slid closed and her breathing deepened and slowed as she searched for that enlightened state.
She shrugged and glanced down at the pedant their conversation had suddenly shifted towards. It was a sentimental piece for him, having first belonged to his mother and then to his brother Dom. He offered up some sage advice, words from his mother, and Rei tried to take them with grace. She tried to see the good, too, and always had, but sometimes it could end you up in a right nasty predicament if you weren’t careful. After all, seeing the best in people was how she got stabbed in the back at the Infirmary when she was just trying her best.
“It makes sense that you might not want to wear it.” Rei took the pendant offered her and examined the long elegance of the chain and then the pendent itself taking a guise as a compass with a convincing sparrow on top. She ran her fingers over the bird. “You will never be lost if you always know where you are going. That’s how I interpret it anyway.” She smiled at him and carefully deposited the pendant back into the palm of his hand. She couldn’t forgive herself if she dropped and broke it, considering how very important it was to him.
“I’m going to go meditate. It clears my head and helps me think more clearly. I’ll be in the cabin.” She stood suddenly, a bandaged hand cradling his cheek in a farewell. Rei set off below deck and made aims to avoid Gorroc at all cost. Thankfully she got to their room without any trouble. She laid the blanket out on the cold wood and sat cross-legged, her hands resting on her knees. Blue eyes slid closed and her breathing deepened and slowed as she searched for that enlightened state.
