ANXIETY SOON CALMS ITSELF DOWN UNDERNEATH HER SKIN, & lets go of her rapid heartbeat. breathing returning to normal as the locket is squeezed deeply into her palm & brings it closer to her chest, holding it closer, tightly. a deep breath in, then out. then a repeat.
VALKYRIE PEEKS FROM UNDER HER LASHES, her eyes meeting with love's, looks like she's got some explaning to do.
( MORBID CURIOSITY. ) @feycurse as LOVE has sent in, why is this so important to you? / ACCEPTING.
a blink, as the paladin breaks the gaze while collecting herself back together again. THE LOCKET appears in line of her vision yet again, & only one person comes to her mind / a sombre look in guise, though hues tell a story of another wave of grief; the kind of grief that never really went away.
❛ i'm sorry, i acted too irrationally. ❜ a glimpse of her VULNERABILITY not often shown infront of a crowd, a stark contrast to her usual optimism, ❛ it . . . it is --- was, my mother's. she gave it to me as she was dying. ❜