She seems to relax just a little, her lips curving into a faint smile as I give her arm another light squeeze.
And then it shatters.
She pulls back and I sit up a little straighter, glancing briefly at Kira who's paused for a moment in cleaning off the top of the bar. I suppose I should've expected a reaction like this, but I'd honestly sort of assumed she knew already. Or had some idea. Whoops.
Of course, if there's any place worse for her to start panicking about werewolves and vampires, it's Semele's where someone is liable to take it personally. Cringing a little, I scoot in closer, shushing my voice in the hopes that she'll take the hint and quiet, too. "Most of them are perfectly safe," I tell her only hoping and praying she can believe me. "In fact, one of my very closest friends here is a werewolf. And I know a vampire who's kind of a jerk, but he doesn't-- he isn't dangerous. It's not quite like all the stories you've heard from home.
"Which isn't to say they're all safe," I quickly add. I had my own scary brush with vampires just a couple weeks ago, after all. "But there are, uh. We have really great police here, and superheroes besides. I guess that sorta balances things out."
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Date: 2016-09-04 10:39 pm (UTC)And then it shatters.
She pulls back and I sit up a little straighter, glancing briefly at Kira who's paused for a moment in cleaning off the top of the bar. I suppose I should've expected a reaction like this, but I'd honestly sort of assumed she knew already. Or had some idea. Whoops.
Of course, if there's any place worse for her to start panicking about werewolves and vampires, it's Semele's where someone is liable to take it personally. Cringing a little, I scoot in closer, shushing my voice in the hopes that she'll take the hint and quiet, too. "Most of them are perfectly safe," I tell her only hoping and praying she can believe me. "In fact, one of my very closest friends here is a werewolf. And I know a vampire who's kind of a jerk, but he doesn't-- he isn't dangerous. It's not quite like all the stories you've heard from home.
"Which isn't to say they're all safe," I quickly add. I had my own scary brush with vampires just a couple weeks ago, after all. "But there are, uh. We have really great police here, and superheroes besides. I guess that sorta balances things out."