Stavanger Bay Doing everything I can to justify your arrogance

His eyes spoke to her.
The soft tilt of his brow, the slight crinkle in the corner of his eye.
The way his pupil constricted the longer she took to speak.
She almost let out a huff, but he'd surely be too tired of her shit and just chase her away at that point.

"You're," she was about to say kinder, but he probably wouldn't like that, "probably a better leader than I then," she grinned like she was proud of herself.
She was, in truth.
But her blood-terror was over, it seemed.

"I would like to help you see it through." Her chin raised slightly, ears cupping solely on him.
Time would tell if she could trust him, but even if she thought she couldn't then leeching from him wouldn't be too bad for a while.
"What are your numbers now?" She needed to know if she should try to find Valour. He might like it. Close to Yuelong and all that good stuff.