Sometimes it just takes one. [To plunge a world into immoral darkness or perhaps pull it back into something brighter. She doesn't know if this city could be dragged free of such festering, dark roots, but there are still those here who haven't lost hope. That's something she can get behind and fight alongside.
As for monsters, she's having great, personally difficulty overcoming her own bias against what the word 'monster' meant to her back home versus here. The negative connotation's difficult to shake, much less in a place that leans so heavily into the stereotypes.]
And opportunistic. [She admits, having been patiently observing his reaction with slight amusement, not quite sure how he'd take it.] What sort of weird accusations?
[Though it seems like a warning, Sheva trails her fingertips along his palm, exhaling low at the strange tingling, her brows furrowing in silent, yet obvious, question. Regardless, she guides his hand to her shoulder. She's genuinely sore, after all.]
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As for monsters, she's having great, personally difficulty overcoming her own bias against what the word 'monster' meant to her back home versus here. The negative connotation's difficult to shake, much less in a place that leans so heavily into the stereotypes.]
And opportunistic. [She admits, having been patiently observing his reaction with slight amusement, not quite sure how he'd take it.] What sort of weird accusations?
[Though it seems like a warning, Sheva trails her fingertips along his palm, exhaling low at the strange tingling, her brows furrowing in silent, yet obvious, question. Regardless, she guides his hand to her shoulder. She's genuinely sore, after all.]