sociieties asked: “ there are no bargains between lions and me. i will kill you and eat you raw. “ // suika
he’s all talk / no action. well , he could be action , but pen drifts over paper. his bark is much worse than his bite is capable of , currently , and thus , in her mind , she’s put him into the non-lethal box. after all , a lion cannot attack once caged. she finally glances up at him - in his tank , and he materialises in front of her , in some half-formed shape. she doesn’t jump - briefly wonders if he expected her to jump. she wonders - again - why orochimaru puts her in charge of suigetsu. sure , they’re around the same age , but karin finds him troublesome because he’s always talking about something / always threatening her / never attacking her like he wants too. she can feel it / feel the hatred in his chakra when she enters and flicks on the lights. can feel it when she climbs up to the top of the machine , to put some powder into the filtration system / can feel it when he thrashes / and yet , yet , yet. lips curl upwards this time at the threat. how interesting he is. there’s a brief glimpse of teeth before her expression changes back into neutrality. “ you can try. ” she says finally , clicking her pen and setting the clipboard to the side as she sits down , crosses one leg over the other. “ but may i remind you that lions in cages cannot do anything. ” three. two. one. powder is dispensed , and she watches the other all but liquidify into the water. today , she’s watching his chakra , watching how it spreads. trying to capture a pattern.
