Haunted Wood I'm gonna smoke you out

for a moment, silence hangs between the two. and then he speaks, and she stares at him unblinkingly, confusion overtaking the grief she feels. his apology is even less expected, and she doesn't quite know how to respond, or what it is, exactly, that he's apologizing for. trying to steal her food? tearing open her face? they've known each other less than a week, and already have gathered quite the list of cruelties enacted on each other. 

for being a bully. she's never really considered that - she knows her actions toward Rowan, Moonshine, even Venamis make it pretty clear she's exactly what he's apologizing for. "don't be. you did what you had to." hadn't she, too? she had to torment Rowan, corner Moonshine in the mire. because they didn't belong, because they were weak, because—or was it none of those reasons at all? troubled, suddenly, she forces out a, "sorry for taking off your ear." or rather, part of it. stiffening, she shifts.