#24 from the teasing dialogue prompts? :eyes:
OMG i wasnt expecting to get any asks for it but yes!! absolutely!! i havent done ask game drabbles in sooo long
24: “Being cute cannot save you from everything.”
Paliea barely has time to register the sound of mechanics breaking, metal grinding, glass breaking before the words are out of her mouth.
"Being cute can't save you from everything, love."
She looks back over her shoulder at Ramas behind her, stuck still where he'd stumbled to the floor, shakily pushing his glasses back up his nose and staring at the machine she'd just felled, beyond where she stands in front of him with her bow still drawn. She'd practically dived between them, to his defense, when the level checker had turned its gaze to him.
And there's a lot to process, because he knows it's true. He's confident in his equations, his designs, but when it comes down to it...
He sighs and shrinks a little further into himself. "I-I'm sorry..." he says. "Perhaps... I'm not cut out for this."
Paliea's smile fades, sensing the weight behind his words, and she turns to him fully, extending a hand to help him to his feet.
"That's all right. I'll be here to save you from the rest."