[Kaede muttered to herself, breaking her unwavering stare to glance at some unimportant vines climbing over the wall.]
Don't think I'm the best person to ask about that definition.
[Maybe they were friends. Maybe it was too early to say such things. Maybe every relationship Kaede had ever known was just premature and stunted.
But Kaede's attention didn't stay diverted for long. Ursula was still there--hadn't budged, in fact--and the instincts growling at the back of Kaede's mind wouldn't let her forget the Witch's presence, abstract ponderings or not. It made her skin prickle, knowing, feeling the Witch so close by and knowing that she couldn't--shouldn't touch. The pulse of the Moons had been driving Kaede to unfocused distraction before--they still were, but with something else to focus her attention on, that maddening drumbeat wasn't so overt.
Her gaze locked back onto the Witch, and her claws dug further into the branch.]
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Don't think I'm the best person to ask about that definition.
[Maybe they were friends. Maybe it was too early to say such things. Maybe every relationship Kaede had ever known was just premature and stunted.
But Kaede's attention didn't stay diverted for long. Ursula was still there--hadn't budged, in fact--and the instincts growling at the back of Kaede's mind wouldn't let her forget the Witch's presence, abstract ponderings or not. It made her skin prickle, knowing, feeling the Witch so close by and knowing that she couldn't--shouldn't touch. The pulse of the Moons had been driving Kaede to unfocused distraction before--they still were, but with something else to focus her attention on, that maddening drumbeat wasn't so overt.
Her gaze locked back onto the Witch, and her claws dug further into the branch.]
What do you think you can do, then?