[ Jester doesn't simply stop talking — the addition of a new, brightly green-haired man ( boy? ) has her head whip around, too fast, to zero in on him. Her eyebrows furrow together and her lip twists into a displeased frown, a retort on her lips. ]
I wasn't asking anything bad, I just wanted to know why. [ Why the darkness, why the flames, why the hostility. She turns her head back to the group, and one of them has brandished their sword. Oh. Oh. They really don't want to explain anything, huh.
She blinks, a little dumbfounded, before she deflates a little. ] O-kay. No questions. [ She takes a step back, towards the much nicer stranger ( even if said stranger told her to stop talking ). ] You know, people would probably thank you more if you were nice to them after you — [ She watches a bunch of their gazes harden, and she snaps her jaw shut. ]
Okay byyyyye. [ As she reaches for Lio's arm, and tugs him away. Far, far away. Fortunately, they don't seem to follow. That's good, at least. Once out of earshot— ] Wow, they're kinda dicks, huh?
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I wasn't asking anything bad, I just wanted to know why. [ Why the darkness, why the flames, why the hostility. She turns her head back to the group, and one of them has brandished their sword. Oh. Oh. They really don't want to explain anything, huh.
She blinks, a little dumbfounded, before she deflates a little. ] O-kay. No questions. [ She takes a step back, towards the much nicer stranger ( even if said stranger told her to stop talking ). ] You know, people would probably thank you more if you were nice to them after you — [ She watches a bunch of their gazes harden, and she snaps her jaw shut. ]
Okay byyyyye. [ As she reaches for Lio's arm, and tugs him away. Far, far away. Fortunately, they don't seem to follow. That's good, at least. Once out of earshot— ] Wow, they're kinda dicks, huh?