@cagcd: i wanted to be me without the context.
she weighs his words as carefully as she can, brows crinkle ever so slightly as she teeters on the line of courteous words and eager chumminess. banquets are held customarily, a decent show of hospitality that warrants the absence of conversation through the indulgence of food but... here, it always seems to be where she finally feels the pulse of the bodies around her. their presence is no longer quiet and still in the name of duty, of keeping up appearances. gaze falls downward in thought, only to witness the awkward display of his dealings with the dull-colored citrus he’s yet to eat. she grabs the same from the bowl between them. “ you’re without context here, are you not? ” and for emphasis, “ earthrealmer... ”
she’s polite in her demonstration, peels the thick petals away from a dark core that’s left alone. the skin, as she shows with a bite, is what's important. despite its lackluster appearance it's tart, not that he would have known; the fruit as foreign to him as he is to it. all of it, actually, fruit besides. edenia as a whole. its trees, its customs and its people. it’s hard to think of someone experiencing edenia for the first time without also seeking the warmth of a recently left womb in the process. “ lord liu kang had said you were an eccentric bunch, in his own way. i can’t help but to be curious about what you left behind, but there's no need to indulge me. ”