“Funny how it never happens when you feel like it should, only when things are going well, then boom, imminent danger. Kind of like when you want the ground to open up and swallow you.” Valerie mused aloud, clearly at ease with bantering back and forth, even if it was silly hypothetical situations.
She watched the elder take the stone. One brief nod given to say she was fine with that since it would be returned. There was no supernatural pull from it, or at least, none that she herself felt. Yet, there was a fleeting sense of loss now that she no longer had it in her possession. Perhaps due to carrying it around ever since, or perhaps something a little darker, even if she didn’t know it and had no way to explain it. As if some inner part of her, the essence within her veins, considered it her property. A gift from one thing to another, a keepsake of remembrance, a reminder that she wasn’t entirely human. It could be any number of those things, Valerie didn’t dissect it, just experienced the short sensation.
“I think I covered the biggest.” Valerie said with a slight grin then sipped at her soda. “I can’t really think of anything else right now, but if you have concerns or questions for me then feel free to say so.” Would there be any? Had Julianna put things together in her mind and came to a conclusion or was she oblivious? Valerie couldn’t be sure, but given what she now knew, Julianna had probably pieced it together. It seemed unlikely that the elder was in the dark but Valerie wasn’t about to bring anything else up. The dark red apple that had been tempting her found itself wrapped in her fingers and brought to her mouth. The first bite was crisp and she chewed it quietly.
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She watched the elder take the stone. One brief nod given to say she was fine with that since it would be returned. There was no supernatural pull from it, or at least, none that she herself felt. Yet, there was a fleeting sense of loss now that she no longer had it in her possession. Perhaps due to carrying it around ever since, or perhaps something a little darker, even if she didn’t know it and had no way to explain it. As if some inner part of her, the essence within her veins, considered it her property. A gift from one thing to another, a keepsake of remembrance, a reminder that she wasn’t entirely human. It could be any number of those things, Valerie didn’t dissect it, just experienced the short sensation.
“I think I covered the biggest.” Valerie said with a slight grin then sipped at her soda. “I can’t really think of anything else right now, but if you have concerns or questions for me then feel free to say so.” Would there be any? Had Julianna put things together in her mind and came to a conclusion or was she oblivious? Valerie couldn’t be sure, but given what she now knew, Julianna had probably pieced it together. It seemed unlikely that the elder was in the dark but Valerie wasn’t about to bring anything else up. The dark red apple that had been tempting her found itself wrapped in her fingers and brought to her mouth. The first bite was crisp and she chewed it quietly.