{ â˝ } - She sighs. âYou donât have to apologize for anything. I shouldnât have tried to shut down your efforts so harshly.â She bites her lip. Here she thought that sheâd matured greatly, but it seems she was just as insensitive and stone cold as she was prior to her arrival here. Somethings just never change.
{ â˝ } - She reaches up and ruffles his hair into a messy pile. âYou better not die, if you do Iâll bring you back just to kill you again for being stupid!â She laughs, bringing her hand back down to her lap. âLaslow and Odin wouldnât be happy about that either, so donât even think about it-â She freezes, she didnât mean to drop their names, but itâs okay! So long as she doesnât mention their true names then itâs okay! She clears her throat. If sheâs lucky heâll brush it off as âjust her close friends among the army that maybe heâll like too?âÂ
{ â˝ } - âAnd I mean itâs not like I want you to leave, per say⌠You just made me feel bad so Iâm letting you stay, that all!â Selena often tossed and turned through out the night missing the comrades she once had along her side, so maybe having him here wouldnât be so badâŚÂ âI guess the nice thing to say is something like âWe donât know âtil we try! Maybe youâll beat me!â but Iâm not like that, get ready to get your butt kicked. Hard.â Her competitive manner was one thing that would never change.
{ â˝ } - âMarkâŚâ She tries the name on tongue. Itâs foreign for her, and she may stumble sometimes, but itâs a nice name. âNice pick, I guess. For any future slip ups, sorry.â She scratches her neck, it took a while to adapt to even just responding to Selena.
{ â˝ } - She suddenly lowers her tone, bringing her knees to her chest. âHey, so since you just left that realm recently⌠My mother and father⌠Cordelia and Stahl⌠Are they okay? Did they say anything about me while Iâve been gone?â She fiddles with her fingers anxiously. âI never did get to say a proper goodbye to them. I just wanna know if they⌠miss me or something. Even if Iâm not their Sev- Selena.â
âH-hey!â He pouts a bit before going and attempting to fix his hair. âI feel like my father would be pretty disappointed that he didnât get to witness it.â Alright, this definitely warranted a joke. Wait, who were Laslow and Odin? Why would they care about-- Oh. Those were the others from their world werenât they? At least that was the logical conclusion considering what sheâd said earlier. âThen I just wonât die. Simple as that.â Mark grins over at her.
âWell thank you for granting me your humble permission.â He does a mock bow to her, before letting out a soft snicker. âI know Iâm getting my butt kicked, my goal right now is to at least last long enough that it doesnât look too pathetic.âÂ
He pauses a moment, as if trying to figure out how to word it. âTheyâre doing fine. They were worried about you though, they talked about you a lot. So Iâd say they definitely missed you.â







