Dragoncrest Cliffs no room for you on the right side

nomi confirms what blixen already suspected and she sighs. she has to think about it. her eyes widen in surprise when nomi goes ahead and gives her permission anyway - or answers her question which is the same thing. mother wouldn't approve, nomi made that clear, but nomi understands her too. (she thinks about how distant she is from mother now, how much she's grown in her absence, and feels a weird mix of guilt and sadness she's not entirely equipped to handle).

"chof," the gona says finally, dipping her head. "i have to think about it," she admits, and then looks at her feet. "can i talk to you about, uh. a different thing," blix asks, fumbling slightly. already she feels the hot flush of embarrassment against her neck but if she doesn't ask nomi for advice now, it'll get swept away in the drama of preparing for war. and she really doesn't want to have furi drift further away from her during all of this.