Swiftcurrent Creek Fresh cut grass, one cold beer

If Ira would have been capable of getting gooseflesh, he would have had them at Jinx’s drop in tones and explanation of what an assassin was. Armed with the knowledge of what it was, Ira felt a concrete interest in it. It was without a doubt perfect. “I want to learn to be an assassin,” Ira informed Jinx in a matter-of-fact tone, a shiver slithering down his spine in the form of a chill - which was close as he could probably get to gooseflesh. The insolent child’s steps had slowed some and paused shortly after he realized that she had stopped. He watched as she took a step towards him, a silent invitation he took it to be, but hesitated fearing for the darkest of moments that she might get hurt further if he reached out and took comfort from her. Weary eyes studied her for a moment before he moved forward to cautiously press his nose against her shoulder and then let the crown of his skull touch where her shoulder and neck joined only to pull back after a few seconds of it. He would allow himself no more comfort. She had already suffered once from his affections (or so this was what he thought her miscarriage had been the result of). “Do you remember when we first met I told you “To love is to destroy, to be loved is to be destroyed”? Well, that is my curse. Those that love me will be destroyed and those that I love will also be destroyed. I…” Ira choked on the simple word, taking a deep breath as he wondered why he was admitting all this to her and what semblance it had to anything, other than he wanted her to be aware so if she didn’t want him anymore she could tell him.

“I thought it meant death but it doesn’t. Not everyone dies. It is worse, though, to see the suffering.” He murmured coolly, fully admitting that he would much rather witness death than something that was continuous and utterly destructive. “Aside from Jace you mean?” The insolent pre-teen snorted out loud, “No. I’ve had this curse for a long time, Jinx. Since my birth possibly.” He couldn’t pinpoint the start of it other than when his parents had abandoned him - though maybe the curse was why they had left him to die in the first place.