[ A smile now -- a genuine one -- as she taps out the ash from the end of that stick. ]
Glad you made it to Kalika's birthday.
[ The message is twofold: first, because she is glad ( as are other parties, no doubt ) to see you in their midst; and second, because your presence alone has confirmed a little something she's observed.
Hikaru's had all but one of the Hounds speak to him at least once tonight. Cisco might have otherwise brushed it off as her just not seeing the Sin-Eater and the Blade King together at the moment that they were -- but you being present is a flag in itself.
She hesitates to ask outright. It's been barely a month since those two got together and she likes Josh, thinks that the kid is good, but she's never liked seeing Hikaru sad.
Another puff as she looks up ahead toward the lanterns lit for the evening. ]
:))
Glad you made it to Kalika's birthday.
[ The message is twofold: first, because she is glad ( as are other parties, no doubt ) to see you in their midst; and second, because your presence alone has confirmed a little something she's observed.
Hikaru's had all but one of the Hounds speak to him at least once tonight. Cisco might have otherwise brushed it off as her just not seeing the Sin-Eater and the Blade King together at the moment that they were -- but you being present is a flag in itself.
She hesitates to ask outright. It's been barely a month since those two got together and she likes Josh, thinks that the kid is good, but she's never liked seeing Hikaru sad.
Another puff as she looks up ahead toward the lanterns lit for the evening. ]