Grilka was a prime example of someone who could dish it out, but not take it.
And anyway. No amount of coaxing would make this girl a proper pet. Not because she was Ixaaliot's, because plenty of his girlfriends turned out to be wasted on him. There was steel in her spine and iron beneath her blood, and none of it drawn to em.
A shame, a shame.
Hopefully she was not so stiff all the time. Ixaaliot was joyless enough without a counterpart to match. Ey couldn't let him keep a woman like that.
Careful as ever, ey brought eir tail beneath her enough to cradle her upright comfortably, but did not try to prod at her. Now that she was good and vulnerable, ey drew back a little to give her the illusion of more breathing room, putting eir holo-display away.
"I love gossip," ey repeated airily, giving emself an aura of omniscience. This was actually selling emself a bit short; in another life, ey would have been a very good and very strange detective. Picking up on little details, making very specific searches, connecting dots -- and guessing, of course. But no one would ever dare accuse em of not knowing what ey was talking about, so even those guesses that misfired tended to land somewhere.
"The Lawyer didn't tell me, so he must not know. What a terrible secret, that you keep it from him. Don't worry, Nova Starrunner. I am wonderful at keeping secrets, for my friends. You are safe."
Onion began to stir, and at a familiar sound by the door, barked. He knew who it was, but barked anyway, because he wanted to be sure that everyone knew that someone was coming. Why this was important, and not the Krotazi taking up the living room, was a mystery for a dog to contemplate.
Nena otara data ona prata ala," Ix began, to the room he assumed would be empty of anyone not small or green or maybe a dog for some reason. Then he froze. "Nena ala, what the fuck are you doing in my house?" Ix looked, to put it mildly, like hell. Like he'd lost a fight with a mud puddle, which was also a tree, perhaps. He was in no mood.
Then he saw the much smaller blue amidst the scales, and froze again. "Nova?" He was almost pleased, before realizing where she was. Onion had decided that it was lap time, giant snakes be damned, and was prodding at her accordingly.
"I was looking for Kreska," Grilka explained, drawing on eir memti, "but she is not here."
"She's -- you're -- what? What do you mean, she's not here?" While he'd been halfway to Nova, his face turned into a scowl, and he moved at high speed to duck through every room to confirm this. "She's not here!"
"That's what I said."
"Where the fuck is she?"
Grilka clicked eir teeth. "You were supposed to be keeping track of that."
"I told her to stay put!"
"You thought she would listen?"
"I thought she was tired."
"That must be why she left," Grilka said, a touch enigmatic. "But I can see why you did not want to watch her, when you could watch this pretty girl." Grilka had coiled eir tail such that the already-irritated Ix had to climb over em to get to eir girlfriend.
"This is exactly why I hadn't introduced you," Ix muttered.
"If you had introduced us," Grilka countered, "this wouldn't have happened."
Ixaaliot attempted to take her hands in two of his, to frame her face with the other so he could see her eyes. "Are you okay?" he asked gently. No doubt she had breathed in some of the smoke, and he didn't know what kind of effect that might have had on her.
"Do you think I would hurt her?" asked the Krotazi, offended. Ix rolled his eyes.
"You play rough," he reminded em. Then he winced, making a face as Grilka suddenly leaned close to lick his cheek with both tongues.
"Only with ones who ask nice," Grilka corrected, patting the top of his head with one hand. Ix made another face at the taste of Krotazi talons against his cephalic tentacles, and in the clusterfuck that things had become he had forgotten to keep his expressions in order. "Officer Liao," Grilka said thoughtfully, and how ey knew that from the taste of Ix's skin he did not want to know. "How strange, for the TAF to concern themselves in an accident. Is he a problem?"
"No," Ix said, quickly, too quickly. "He's fine. Doing his job. It's fine. Everything is fine. Can we talk about this later?"
Rather than take eir leave, Grilka settled in to watch the two of them, quiet but curious.[/align]
And anyway. No amount of coaxing would make this girl a proper pet. Not because she was Ixaaliot's, because plenty of his girlfriends turned out to be wasted on him. There was steel in her spine and iron beneath her blood, and none of it drawn to em.
A shame, a shame.
Hopefully she was not so stiff all the time. Ixaaliot was joyless enough without a counterpart to match. Ey couldn't let him keep a woman like that.
Careful as ever, ey brought eir tail beneath her enough to cradle her upright comfortably, but did not try to prod at her. Now that she was good and vulnerable, ey drew back a little to give her the illusion of more breathing room, putting eir holo-display away.
"I love gossip," ey repeated airily, giving emself an aura of omniscience. This was actually selling emself a bit short; in another life, ey would have been a very good and very strange detective. Picking up on little details, making very specific searches, connecting dots -- and guessing, of course. But no one would ever dare accuse em of not knowing what ey was talking about, so even those guesses that misfired tended to land somewhere.
"The Lawyer didn't tell me, so he must not know. What a terrible secret, that you keep it from him. Don't worry, Nova Starrunner. I am wonderful at keeping secrets, for my friends. You are safe."
Onion began to stir, and at a familiar sound by the door, barked. He knew who it was, but barked anyway, because he wanted to be sure that everyone knew that someone was coming. Why this was important, and not the Krotazi taking up the living room, was a mystery for a dog to contemplate.
Nena otara data ona prata ala," Ix began, to the room he assumed would be empty of anyone not small or green or maybe a dog for some reason. Then he froze. "Nena ala, what the fuck are you doing in my house?" Ix looked, to put it mildly, like hell. Like he'd lost a fight with a mud puddle, which was also a tree, perhaps. He was in no mood.
Then he saw the much smaller blue amidst the scales, and froze again. "Nova?" He was almost pleased, before realizing where she was. Onion had decided that it was lap time, giant snakes be damned, and was prodding at her accordingly.
"I was looking for Kreska," Grilka explained, drawing on eir memti, "but she is not here."
"She's -- you're -- what? What do you mean, she's not here?" While he'd been halfway to Nova, his face turned into a scowl, and he moved at high speed to duck through every room to confirm this. "She's not here!"
"That's what I said."
"Where the fuck is she?"
Grilka clicked eir teeth. "You were supposed to be keeping track of that."
"I told her to stay put!"
"You thought she would listen?"
"I thought she was tired."
"That must be why she left," Grilka said, a touch enigmatic. "But I can see why you did not want to watch her, when you could watch this pretty girl." Grilka had coiled eir tail such that the already-irritated Ix had to climb over em to get to eir girlfriend.
"This is exactly why I hadn't introduced you," Ix muttered.
"If you had introduced us," Grilka countered, "this wouldn't have happened."
Ixaaliot attempted to take her hands in two of his, to frame her face with the other so he could see her eyes. "Are you okay?" he asked gently. No doubt she had breathed in some of the smoke, and he didn't know what kind of effect that might have had on her.
"Do you think I would hurt her?" asked the Krotazi, offended. Ix rolled his eyes.
"You play rough," he reminded em. Then he winced, making a face as Grilka suddenly leaned close to lick his cheek with both tongues.
"Only with ones who ask nice," Grilka corrected, patting the top of his head with one hand. Ix made another face at the taste of Krotazi talons against his cephalic tentacles, and in the clusterfuck that things had become he had forgotten to keep his expressions in order. "Officer Liao," Grilka said thoughtfully, and how ey knew that from the taste of Ix's skin he did not want to know. "How strange, for the TAF to concern themselves in an accident. Is he a problem?"
"No," Ix said, quickly, too quickly. "He's fine. Doing his job. It's fine. Everything is fine. Can we talk about this later?"
Rather than take eir leave, Grilka settled in to watch the two of them, quiet but curious.[/align]
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