#❝ — 🌊 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕾𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖒 𝕾𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖓. [ v. Baldur's Gate 3 ]

[mahawllan]

@starlyht continued from here.

it's not exactly a threat. ( okay, well, it is sort of a threat. but just ... well. can a threat be lighthearted? ) it's a lighthearted threat.

it's not the sort of response that Mori is used to getting to her particular brand of aggressive. the other elf is soft spoken, almost quiet. it's ... curious. she hums under her breath, an externalized consideration as she fully takes him in. he's not un-intimidating, but Mori has taken on far more physically fearsome foes. looks can be deceiving, after all.

still. she's not exactly trying to start a fight. quite the opposite, actually ; she'd really prefer to not. especially, y'know. their current circumstances considered.

❛ my oath. ❜ she almost scoffs. of course he's a damned paladin. which oath did he swear, she wonders? he seems the righteous type. probably devotion.

❝ i don't know, did you? i can't see through your eyes. ❞ just because she doesn't want to start a fight doesn't mean she has to be nice. she does keep her hands away from her scabbard – notably far enough that it's obvious it's purposeful – as she slowly circles him.

❝ i did see you, though. picked up from the Hells themselves, were you? ❞ she clicks her tongue. ❝ Avernus is a mess but i'm not sure a crashing Mind Flayer ship was the wisest escape route. ❞