[She nearly yanks her hand back and snaps at him for flirting, like nothing's changed, and a ripple of irritation makes its way across their link to him, but she doesn't follow through, still too shellshocked by seeing Zelos here, alive, even if he's-- changed.
(She'll think of Verius, later, but the comparison doesn't come to her just yet.)
Sheena pulls her hand back, slower than she should have, lowers the other from her mouth. The immediacy of the link... isn't receding, and everything coming from it is sharp and overwhelming.
Goddess, what did she sign up for? Is this how Zelos had felt all of the time?]
You--
[She wants to tell him not to joke around like that, or to ask how this happened to him, or maybe just to hug him, but his motion stops her again. In the last few seconds Sheena has completely managed to forget that they're not alone, that the room is full of officials and even a curious onlooker or two, ready to make sure she doesn't run away with their precious Aegis. Right, demanding of their long-lost Aegis what happened, when she'd claimed to be from far away from Meltokio, would be suspicious. She can wait a little while for her answers. Sheena winces, glad none of them can see her face from this angle, then tugs her face into a tentative smile as she turns.]
WE'VE SEALED OUR FATES I THINK
(She'll think of Verius, later, but the comparison doesn't come to her just yet.)
Sheena pulls her hand back, slower than she should have, lowers the other from her mouth. The immediacy of the link... isn't receding, and everything coming from it is sharp and overwhelming.
Goddess, what did she sign up for? Is this how Zelos had felt all of the time?]
You--
[She wants to tell him not to joke around like that, or to ask how this happened to him, or maybe just to hug him, but his motion stops her again. In the last few seconds Sheena has completely managed to forget that they're not alone, that the room is full of officials and even a curious onlooker or two, ready to make sure she doesn't run away with their precious Aegis. Right, demanding of their long-lost Aegis what happened, when she'd claimed to be from far away from Meltokio, would be suspicious. She can wait a little while for her answers. Sheena winces, glad none of them can see her face from this angle, then tugs her face into a tentative smile as she turns.]
Ah... I did it, everyone?