“Of course I think it’s curious,” she replied, propping her hands up on her hips. Taking her daughter had stuck a near-mortal blow against the gang leader. Demanding nothing for the possibility of her safe return only drove the knife deeper into her chest. He pointed out the bounty of her city and she scoffed, one green eye rolling upwards. “I have everything,” she agreed, but her tone was sad. “But I just want my daughter. I would do anything for her.”
Julianna watched him continue to pace as he sound-boarded options off of her. Repeated things that she had already considered. He ran his hand through his hair; blonde tufts stuck upwards with the disturbance. She crossed one arm over her stomach and rest her other elbow on top of it. She made a face and rubbed the side of her nose in what could have been a show of annoyance. Her expression turned doubtful he mentioned his hanging around Darcy.
Hanging out with Darcy was less complicated, but not in the way he tried to advertise.
Cocking her head, she took a step back when he moved towards her. Wary and paranoid. She tried to see what he was doing the best she could with her one eye and the way he towered over her. “I wanted to help people,” she explained. The tension in her shoulders eased as he wiped the grease from her skin.
“I wanted to help myself,” she continued, noticing that he didn’t step back even when he’d finished fussing at her. She was covered in dirt and oil so his attention to her forehead seemed redundant. “I was tired of wandering, and trying to survive. I just wanted to stay somewhere. Somewhere I could feel safe. I didn’t want my daughter to struggle in the same ways I did.”
Julianna could see his gaze drifting towards the bandanna and her eye. She tilted her face away from him, and scratched self-consciously at her scar. “I didn’t build Sierra Madre, if that's what you're thinking. I conquered it,” she finished with a laugh, her wording sounded so dramatic. She was repeating the story that floated around the city. There was no actual joy in the sound. In her own ears, it sounded forced and awkward. She cleared her throat and skirted around the mercenary, turning back to the engine.
Julianna watched him continue to pace as he sound-boarded options off of her. Repeated things that she had already considered. He ran his hand through his hair; blonde tufts stuck upwards with the disturbance. She crossed one arm over her stomach and rest her other elbow on top of it. She made a face and rubbed the side of her nose in what could have been a show of annoyance. Her expression turned doubtful he mentioned his hanging around Darcy.
Hanging out with Darcy was less complicated, but not in the way he tried to advertise.
Cocking her head, she took a step back when he moved towards her. Wary and paranoid. She tried to see what he was doing the best she could with her one eye and the way he towered over her. “I wanted to help people,” she explained. The tension in her shoulders eased as he wiped the grease from her skin.
“I wanted to help myself,” she continued, noticing that he didn’t step back even when he’d finished fussing at her. She was covered in dirt and oil so his attention to her forehead seemed redundant. “I was tired of wandering, and trying to survive. I just wanted to stay somewhere. Somewhere I could feel safe. I didn’t want my daughter to struggle in the same ways I did.”
Julianna could see his gaze drifting towards the bandanna and her eye. She tilted her face away from him, and scratched self-consciously at her scar. “I didn’t build Sierra Madre, if that's what you're thinking. I conquered it,” she finished with a laugh, her wording sounded so dramatic. She was repeating the story that floated around the city. There was no actual joy in the sound. In her own ears, it sounded forced and awkward. She cleared her throat and skirted around the mercenary, turning back to the engine.
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.
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