#her mind is a cinema ... now screening: what it might look like if gale tore someone's head off with his bare hands

[mieluselul]

@weavesick : " who said i never killed anyone ? " / accepting

how scandalous , how alluring ! aneska would hardly expect for gale , so cordial & shrewd , to be a killer. even more , she would hardly expect for him to admit it. oh , but there's no judgement here , of course. she is no angel herself , despite her best attempts. & the truth is , to hear that the devil might sit upon her companion's shoulder , too ... it draws her to him. she's always had an appetite for the damaged. they tell much better stories.

" oh ? " & there , her intrigue is made all too apparent. he can see it , she is sure , in the way her brows raise , & the way her gaze falls so eagerly falls upon him. she imagines ( without meaning to , but she has always looked at the world through a poet's eyes ) what he might look like , in the act of it. taking a life. how his brows might furrow , & his eyes might narrow , & his hands might flex against his quarterstaff , or perhaps even the flesh of a throat.

with a maidenly tilt of her head , she raises a delicate hand to her heart , & offers him a coquettish little ghost of a smile. it is simultaneously sympathetic , & playful. sorry you were driven to such lengths. oh , but how enthralled i am , by the mystery of it all. " i should apologize , then , for underestimating you. though , i can't say i'm not surprised. that a man like you might be driven to murder ... well , maybe it's a faux pas to say it out loud ⏤ but it makes you so much more fascinating. "