"So what do these other mouths do? Are they just for show?"
answered ! @crudeliss !
“they are — residual,” she admits, eyeing vera with an attentiveness that is DISCREET in it’s curiosity — aptly reserved in it’s recounting. solemnity is not a face she often finds herself seeking, but it clings to her here in the wake of her REMEMBRANCE, “ … from my other form, i mean.”
but the cracks in her armor are SEALED as quick as they are open, and her indifference is layered and polished as if it were always there to begin with. it is hardly the answer vera is looking for, nor is it the one she’s entirely willing to GIVE.
“they were for consuming in large doses, mostly,” her gaze slides to vera for a moment, quiet and CONSIDERING, “ … for maximum efficiency, i suppose.”