[She can't help but quirk a grin at the dark amusement. She agrees pretty thoroughly with him there but she feels like she doesn't really need to say it given the look. Instead she devotes herself to listening to whatever he cuts himself off from saying for that brief blip of a second, brows gently raised.
A frown slowly tugs at her lips as the soft beat of his fingers tapping goes largely unnoticed save by her elbow against the table. Eventually she turns her eyes to one side, letting her gaze darken alongside her thoughts. Was this what he talked to the Emperor about in hushed tones? No, she doubted that. She isn't about to pry and ask, choosing to simply soak in this bit of knowledge for a moment.]
It sounds like we're on something of the same page then.
[Her tone is low and thoughtful, mulled like her gaze. If they're on the same page then... well, it's obvious but then again he had protested needing help earlier. Was he the lone wolf type? Probably. And at the moment she can't really offer him much of anything for that quest of his so she would be foolish to offer. But, well...
She doesn't lean back really, instead choosing to fold her arms before her atop the table and lean a little one them. She hasn't exactly been shouting until now but this feels like she needs to say it a little quietly. Again she meets his gaze and hers isn't amused but thoroughly serious.]
Look, I'm going to level with you here. I can't really offer very much right now. I'm going to be apprenticing under the Court Mage and learning what I can. I'm going to learn how to fight from others, as much as I can anyhow. I don't know how long any of that will take and until then all I have is... well, me.
[She quirks a sardonic, dry smile here.]
An English teacher that just happened to make a few stupid wishes.
[Her smile pulls at one corner of her lips and casts a sort of hard light in her eyes. She's not much in the grand scheme of things here, at home or wherever else and she realizes that. She's likely absolutely nothing to those wolves and any feeling she has for what may happen to them probably doesn't matter a bit to them just like she was absolutely nothing against Jareth or to the Labyrinth in the grand scheme of things.
And she doesn't care. She's doing what she wants to do and what she feels is right.]
I want to find a way to do something about this too, whether it's through the wolves or someone else. So let's look for another way.
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A frown slowly tugs at her lips as the soft beat of his fingers tapping goes largely unnoticed save by her elbow against the table. Eventually she turns her eyes to one side, letting her gaze darken alongside her thoughts. Was this what he talked to the Emperor about in hushed tones? No, she doubted that. She isn't about to pry and ask, choosing to simply soak in this bit of knowledge for a moment.]
It sounds like we're on something of the same page then.
[Her tone is low and thoughtful, mulled like her gaze. If they're on the same page then... well, it's obvious but then again he had protested needing help earlier. Was he the lone wolf type? Probably. And at the moment she can't really offer him much of anything for that quest of his so she would be foolish to offer. But, well...
She doesn't lean back really, instead choosing to fold her arms before her atop the table and lean a little one them. She hasn't exactly been shouting until now but this feels like she needs to say it a little quietly. Again she meets his gaze and hers isn't amused but thoroughly serious.]
Look, I'm going to level with you here. I can't really offer very much right now. I'm going to be apprenticing under the Court Mage and learning what I can. I'm going to learn how to fight from others, as much as I can anyhow. I don't know how long any of that will take and until then all I have is... well, me.
[She quirks a sardonic, dry smile here.]
An English teacher that just happened to make a few stupid wishes.
[Her smile pulls at one corner of her lips and casts a sort of hard light in her eyes. She's not much in the grand scheme of things here, at home or wherever else and she realizes that. She's likely absolutely nothing to those wolves and any feeling she has for what may happen to them probably doesn't matter a bit to them just like she was absolutely nothing against Jareth or to the Labyrinth in the grand scheme of things.
And she doesn't care. She's doing what she wants to do and what she feels is right.]
I want to find a way to do something about this too, whether it's through the wolves or someone else. So let's look for another way.