A hand swirled the glass around idly for a moment as she watched him like a hawk. Good, at least now he was settled in just one stop instead of digging holes in her floors with his nervous lost puppy pacing. It wasn’t half bad to notice the urgency he’d executed that command with; if she wasn’t this distraught with their current situation, she might’ve actually been intrigued to further explore just how servile he could get under the right conditions. But enough about that, she was getting distracted.
“When has it not been complicated…” another idly mumble before she brought the glass to her lips and sipped it with thirst. Yes, it burned, and yes, it made her grimace at the discomfort, but she needed something to bring her back to her senses. Thank Heavens and Hell she wasn’t as susceptible to drugs like this, otherwise she would’ve long ago become an addict.
Still, she listened to his words with interest, one hand firmly planted on her hip while she stepped in a little closer, looming over his sitting figure with authority. By the look on her face it wasn’t enough to fully calm down the woman, the glare in her eyes still seemed to want to pierce right through the elf. “Oh, woe you.” she commented in irony before taking another sip of her drink. “How curious to have someone who kills for a living being chased and hunted for doing exactly that…! Should i understand that this unfortunate soul you were so neglectful of that it died was the first one to set off the streak? Was this how you’ve found your vocation?” harsh words spoken in a low, patronizing tone. It might’ve not been her place to talk like this, especially since it was so bluntly resumed and Yun obviously kept important details to himself, but Adrianna was never to keen to respecting other’s self worth and intimacy. Even if the thing that set her off was as mild and stupid as having uninvited people climb into her bedroom.
The woman sighed deeply and promptly down the rest of her drink. “You’re sloppy. And reckless.” a hand reached down, grabbed a handful of his robes and pulled him up to his full height, inches away from her face. “And this is Egyptian silk, take off these rags if you want to lie on it…!” and just like that, a moment later she released him, turning on her heels to help herself with another glass. Was she aware of the double edged meaning of her words? Maybe, but she still maintained a decent level of anger in her voice and actions, so it was hard to tell.
“How long are you staying here?”
He wasn’t really sure what he had expected. Probably actually trying and explaining what was up turned out to be one of his dumber ideas, but then again, lying to the fierce woman would have been the bigger mistake. “Hey. Most of the times we meet it’s pretty simple.” - also simply dangerous, bloody and violent, but overall not too complicated. In an totalitarian matter though, she was right.
Maybe irritating for Adrianna, but her slicing words had qite the opposite effect than one might have thought. Instead of brooding or responding with anger, the snarky remark from her side caused the still somewhat shaken dark elf, that was slowly calming – probably to courtesy of the alcohol – let out a dry chuckle. “Of course, I just forgot to mention how I was raised in a loving family until this one, dreadful day…. And probably a puppy died somewhere along the way.” He had even found his sarcasm again, though right now maybe still was kind of the wrong point in time to get snappy wither, as she had all the right in the world to still just drop him right off of her balcony again. Or out the window. For effect.
The thought let him fall silent and clear his throat before adding, a bit more serenely: “But no, that’s not the case. I wasn’t actually born a mercenary, you know? And I guess I killed my first victim with uhm…. 6? Or was it 5?... I can’t even really remember anymore.” This time, even though it sounded even more unbelievable than the story he told before, the elf was dead serious and honestly a bit distraught about the scrambled memories of his. Not thinking that the thought of a child murdering people might be disturbing for some people.
He was just about to protest against her scrutinizing words, no matter how much truth there was in the reckless part, when she was suddenly towering above him, a view both intimidating and deliciously tempting, especially when Adrianna was as agitated as she was now. And her pulling him up to almost her height instantly meant him having to stretch and stand on his toes, the rough handling doing a lot in bringing back his trademark smirk. And with words like that she was only pouring oil into the fire. “Is that an invitation?” whether it was one or now, he did indeed strip off his torn jacket with ease after she had let go of the same and was pouring herself another drink while he finished his. After all, it was kind of a rare occasion that they met and he wasn’t already bleeding.
“….Just until the coast’s clear again…” that was an awfully vague answer but Yun was still surprised enough she wasn’t kicking him right out again, he was already pressing his luck quite a bit probably. “Thank you.” That last bit. Serious for once and mumbled almost inaudibly, yet still there – a short glimpse behind the casual demeanor he spouted most of the time.
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