[A tremble started in Kaede's shoulders, spreading down her back and to the ends of her fingers. There it stopped, the Chimera's hands curling tight against Chariot's, the arm looped around the Witch's back drawing her ever closer. An echoing shiver started in the Bond too, but halted--soothed away by Chariot's presence. A steady calm, a warm light to guide her steps, undeterred and undimmed by Kaede's doubts and hesitations.]
...ah.
[It was a small word, in a small voice. But it was only the visible point of what lay beneath--something Chariot knew. Something she had showed Kaede it was safe to let others close enough see, too. Not many, not at all. But more than nothing, and far more than her isolation would have allowed. Her gratitude glowed back in the Bond, difficult for Kaede to exp5ress but there all the same.
The Chimera sighed through her nose, pressing their foreheads together again, and giving voice to a purrlike rumble. Her feathers fluffed up and became soft, her tail calming its fitful twitches and draping over the other woman's knee.]
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...ah.
[It was a small word, in a small voice. But it was only the visible point of what lay beneath--something Chariot knew. Something she had showed Kaede it was safe to let others close enough see, too. Not many, not at all. But more than nothing, and far more than her isolation would have allowed. Her gratitude glowed back in the Bond, difficult for Kaede to exp5ress but there all the same.
The Chimera sighed through her nose, pressing their foreheads together again, and giving voice to a purrlike rumble. Her feathers fluffed up and became soft, her tail calming its fitful twitches and draping over the other woman's knee.]
You're too kind to me.