Natalia's hands are like ice, her teeth only not chattering during Oki's return through brute force, and she downs a good few mouthfuls of the heated wassail in a quick moment. Her hand does not leave Oki's, until Oki pulls her hand away. "Till sea swallows all," she answers at last.
"It is hardly your fault," she says, mouth still faintly steaming. "I have been... having trouble, of late. Nothing I cannot handle, but..."
More and more often in the run-up to the mission, things peeking out from under the ice, only to be swiftly buried, or if she goes looking, for herself to get colder and colder.
Who made her forget these things? Set such a command? And why?
More memories, buried in the ice. "... I would be lying if i said it did not worry me, just a little."
Re: II: Vault and Tools
Date: 2024-12-27 04:22 pm (UTC)"It is hardly your fault," she says, mouth still faintly steaming. "I have been... having trouble, of late. Nothing I cannot handle, but..."
More and more often in the run-up to the mission, things peeking out from under the ice, only to be swiftly buried, or if she goes looking, for herself to get colder and colder.
Who made her forget these things? Set such a command? And why?
More memories, buried in the ice. "... I would be lying if i said it did not worry me, just a little."