homophonic ❆ nahri

[bindings]

nahri

You're not just a memory.

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[ashmark]

I understand where you get it from. [ she smiles softly. ]

I'm glad you have someone like that.

[bindings]

[help she seems to find that first part sort of funny.]

... It's hard for me to think of the concept of family. [she says, after a moment.] I think of forming close bonds with people and wonder if it will be out of my reach for as long as I live.

[ashmark]

What's stopping you?

[ this is probably the most thoughtful she's been, at least up until this point. usually she'd just badger someone for answers. but shenhe is different. ]

[bindings]

[she taps the red ropes that she has around her clothes. she's got them on even over the regular normal people clothes.]

[ashmark]

A seal? [ she's familiar enough with folk magic to hazard a guess. ropes don't exactly represent freedom and openness. ]

[bindings]

Yes. [she adjusts them a little.] They curb my aggression. Without them I would be far more dangerous to myself and others.

[...] They suppress all of my emotions, I suppose.

[ashmark]

[ there's a flicker of grief across her face, before she goes in for a hug. sorry for the damp. ]

Oh, Shenhe.

[ this isn't something she can fix. it tugs at her heart, and she'll just have to feel for the both of them right now. ]

[bindings]

[she doesn't mind the hug - she's a little surprised, but. she eases into it without much struggle.

it feels better for nahri to know, at least. for her to know why she can't always react the way other people want her to.]

[ashmark]

[ hug nice. she pulls away, having to no doubt pull some of her errant swamp thing hairs off of shenhe. ]

I like you as you are. You don't need to be anything else.