"Yes. You. Burn something. You're a walking incendiary cache, I'd wager," was her response. Her head turned at his words -- and she had to stop her hand from reaching up to grab her necklace. It felt as if it'd pulsed, like it'd somehow known she was seconds away from using it. It hadn't, of course; but in those few seconds when her heart had stuttered into the familiar gallop of surprise and she'd recognized Riesig's display of power as an attack, her senses had gone into overdrive much too suddenly.
As it was, she blinked at her newfound companion before a frown pulled the corners of her lips down in a display that would show him exactly how amused she'd been with that trick of his. "Adorable," she bit out at him before turning an continuing on her way. Judging from his devil may care demeanor, she didn't gander that her snapping would do much to affect his mood. The only thing that seemed likely enough to pull him down from his cloud would be an ice cold bucket of water.
As they entered the alley, she let her eyes scan their surroundings. As per usual, it was filthy. The cleaner alleys were closer to the center of the city, she'd found; but the comfier grounds were typically in the more rural areas. Give a little, get a little. Or so the saying goes, she thought to herself as she, too, looked for the client of this particular job.
As it was, she blinked at her newfound companion before a frown pulled the corners of her lips down in a display that would show him exactly how amused she'd been with that trick of his. "Adorable," she bit out at him before turning an continuing on her way. Judging from his devil may care demeanor, she didn't gander that her snapping would do much to affect his mood. The only thing that seemed likely enough to pull him down from his cloud would be an ice cold bucket of water.
As they entered the alley, she let her eyes scan their surroundings. As per usual, it was filthy. The cleaner alleys were closer to the center of the city, she'd found; but the comfier grounds were typically in the more rural areas. Give a little, get a little. Or so the saying goes, she thought to herself as she, too, looked for the client of this particular job.