Greatwater Lake When that’s all behind us

Whatever tension that had been released by her want to remember had been replaced rather swiftly following her statements. The frown had been concerning, and she'd wondered for a moment if she might have said to much. Perhaps she should have eased into the subject, rather that allowing for her mouth to just blurt it out as if it were nothing. She'd not been thinking prior to saying it, though, but was quick to realize that she should have been. Every possible scenario should have been gone over within her head before she'd considered even forming the words, but that had not happened, and it was too late to turn back now. The potential outcome of their closeness had been shared, and neither of them could do anything more than carry on with the conversation from there.

Yet another turn had been taken, though it was one that she'd been somewhat prepared for. To explain herself was not something she'd intended to do but, deep down, she understood that he deserved that much. For though neither had any claim over the other, they were still friends, and to withhold information from him seemed wrong. "I had encountered others after leaving you," she began. "Some had not bothered me, but there were others that I had spent some time with." None of them had forced her into anything, but had instead been kind and respectful of her as another being. Yet, even still, recalling the experiences with Damien there to listen didn't seem right at all.

There was silence, then, a moment in which her voice was lost having arrived. Asterr's lips had parted once or twice as if she was readying herself to speak again, but nothing had come out until several minutes later. "I am sorry," was all she'd managed to say, hanging her head slightly and pulling her gaze away from his own. Having already thrown one curve ball his way, she'd decided to leave out the bit about Ukko; that would have to be saved for later, for she wished not to push Damien so far over the edge that he'd never want to see her again.