#int; aloy & axel.

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↪ memes / accepting!

@nerdynanny (axel) said: “leave them to me, just go.”

        “i'm not going anywhere, okay?” aloy prepped her bow by knocking an arrow, rolling her shoulders. she was more than ready for whatever fight might lie ahead. “i can handle myself.” 

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        “i have blast arrows and fire arrows. what makes this different?” aloy tapped her focus, pulling up the display to scan the machine they were about to start hunting. it registered the usual components and signs of corruption, and then—error! unknown element. “huh. weird. never had that alert before...” she closed her focus display and turned to offer her bow, still a tad hesitantly.

        “just—be careful with it. my—uh—rost helped me make it.” the bow was precious to her for that reason alone, but it had also seen her through many battles since. “what are you going to do, exactly?”

"All due respect-- a bow and arrows ain't gonna do much against those without the right punch." He nodded ahead-- a corrupted Sawtooth in the clearing by the river. The corruption Aloy might be familiar with fighting wasn't to blame-- rather a darkness that was far more organic in nature.

"Hold on-- give me your bow. I might be able to give you the edge we need to get out of this alive."