There's a faint thunk that is still resonating in her head a bit - a metallic, tinny sound. It's not quite like the tuning fork. It's lower and it doesn't linger in her ears so much as in her head. The further away she is from the medication and the lies, the more she finds herself preoccupied with sound. Everything used to come to her in arias and the drag of bowstrings. Now, every rustle, every smack or tap is something she can feel.
However, for a moment, she doesn't hear this man's surrender. Under pale skin and white eyes, the deepest, harshest resonance is coming from her heart. For a moment, he is any of the other men in that alley. She remembers being in the Academy, the halls echoing with her family's repeated failure to acknowledge or protect her. With "Leonard's" gentle, bullshit touch and how it had a hand in getting her where she is right now.
Those pale eyes seem to consider him for as some reality and empathy settle back in. All she can do is stare at him where she is, half-sprawled and holding herself up by her arms behind her, waiting for him to either be true to his words that are finally sinking in, or to prove himself a liar and... she doesn't know what. It's the worst feeling, being terrified of others and of herself all at once.
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Date: 2021-01-30 05:35 pm (UTC)However, for a moment, she doesn't hear this man's surrender. Under pale skin and white eyes, the deepest, harshest resonance is coming from her heart. For a moment, he is any of the other men in that alley. She remembers being in the Academy, the halls echoing with her family's repeated failure to acknowledge or protect her. With "Leonard's" gentle, bullshit touch and how it had a hand in getting her where she is right now.
Those pale eyes seem to consider him for as some reality and empathy settle back in. All she can do is stare at him where she is, half-sprawled and holding herself up by her arms behind her, waiting for him to either be true to his words that are finally sinking in, or to prove himself a liar and... she doesn't know what. It's the worst feeling, being terrified of others and of herself all at once.