Northstar Vale phthónos

surely she had been scared and startled before. maybe even by him but she felt only a sickly churning in her gut. unnerved and uncertain. quickly humbled in a way no other could.

and did you piss on it, too?

she did not want to cower.

she did not want to lose — him.

there was something greater than her uncertainty that waved across her feature. she dared to move near him, to put herself in a position of the unknown. she did not prowl with a great strength or malintent, only to close distance.