Northstar Vale useless, no more i could use

delight flinches, the veneer of rank he'd pulled shattering under queenie's acerbic response. like watching a car crash in slow motion. he knows he'd gone too far but it's too late to take it back as queenie steps down, giving him a hollow, unwanted victory. any other words he might have turn to ash in his mouth, watching her retreating form. 

he waits until she fades from view, curses, and retreats to his solitude. another failure.