@celestialmantdonna: ❛ i just wanted to say thank you for protecting me. ❜
Ava’s eyes slowly peeled open at the sound of Mantis’ voice. Every inch of her body ached and not in the usual way when her powers were being disagreeable. This was the deep, dull soreness that came with combat, bruises, and taking down someone who deserved it. One well-timed punch to the kidney was all it took to take her down. “I’d say you’re welcome,” she groaned and wheezed between every breath, her fingers reaching out to grace the other’s knee. “... but if I’d let you at that guy, he would’ve come out worse off.” Where Ava could deal with the physical, Mantis was capable of emotional and psychological torture when she was in the right mindset. “So maybe I should be thanking you for not turning him into a sobbing mess.”
