@cambius sent: ❛ you are dazzling and terrifying - those words are not as removed from one another as you may think. ❜
"i do not think them removed."
there is beauty to be found in terror. fear is, to lae'zel's mind, a prey instinct: necessary for survival in whatever degree governs sense and doubly a source of shame. yet to feel the hair on her neck rise and her skin prickle with awe — the sensation is not so distant from enjoyment.
the line of her neck stretches as she nods skyward. "ascended githyanki ride the red dragons gifted to my people by the goddess tiamat. there is beauty in such an immaculate predator; the twofold brutality of steed and rider is awe-striking to behold."
there is something likewise draconian in the way lae'zel eyes nepharia. she begins circling her, appraising. the woman speaks either truth or a silver-tongued ruse. "do i terrify you? does your pulse quicken in your throat?"

















