[ patience ]
[ patience ] your muse telling mine to be patient .
raven may as well have insulted eliza, kicked her while she was down & insulted her very core - at least, that's how eliza reacts when told to be patient.
at first, the look that raven receives is nothing short of incredulous; absolutely (and in equal measure) devastated and so largely confused on how the other woman could suggest such a thing. eliza stands before her, bloodied & bruised from an altercation that she dares not admit the details or origin of: she knows well enough that there would be a scolding to follow. instead, eliza's tongue darts over her cut lip in an attempt to soothe the stinging that circulates there.
"why wait? i wanna fight back - you can't stop me from doin' that. i can't just - ... let them win." eliza's eyes turn wild when focused on raven, hands gesturing between herself and the invisible amalgamation of all her problems turned against her. she swallows once, refocusing herself as she loosely holds onto her injured arm with her other hand, "look, i ... i appreciate you. i thank you, but ... i don't need your help." (i don't deserve it.)
* MEME, still accepting / @ofsoul 🤍















