Ankyra Sound no man's sky

The silence that fell between them after his inquiry was not an uncomfortable one. While the pallid brute did believe her to be thinking of a response, there was no timer on it; his company would last as long as she enjoyed it. When at last she did answer him, it was curt but managed to convey enough. The man shook his ragged head back and forth and chuckled softly. The timbre of his voice rumbled inside of his chest like distant thunder. He could not fault her for her candidness; it was one of the reasons he enjoyed her so very much. Perhaps he should not have inquired about the possibility of losing their source of food and security. The ashen man was one to conjure hypotheticals, if only to assure himself that he would survive even in the worst of situations.
 
“I do not believe you will allow yourself to go so easily,” he grunted, the ghost of a smile still lingering on his lips. He had been wrong before, though; even his sister had surprised him with her actions. Finding himself perturbed by the thought of his sibling, he wondered briefly what it would feel like to simply not live. It was enough to cause the ragged man to shudder and his skin to prick.