Silently she nodded, took her own leads from him, and followed him to the gate. In the weird calm there was nothing left of their assault except rain-noises and rising steam. One last time, she looked out over the field, and the dissolving bulk of the titan ground against the wall, and thought about how he'd done it. They hadn't been separated that long and there was so little vertical opportunity. He must have... she couldn't reconstruct the whole fight in her mind and she wanted to be able to.
Inside the courtyard she pointed him at the door, but -- of all things, she flushed a little to see that she'd left the axe out in the rain, propped against the wall, with its head in the mud.
"It's in there." She said, sounding peeved. At the same time she held out a hand for his leads.
believe it or not, you sleaze, it wasn't even about that sort of thing. no spoilers tho~
Silently she nodded, took her own leads from him, and followed him to the gate. In the weird calm there was nothing left of their assault except rain-noises and rising steam. One last time, she looked out over the field, and the dissolving bulk of the titan ground against the wall, and thought about how he'd done it. They hadn't been separated that long and there was so little vertical opportunity. He must have... she couldn't reconstruct the whole fight in her mind and she wanted to be able to.
Inside the courtyard she pointed him at the door, but -- of all things, she flushed a little to see that she'd left the axe out in the rain, propped against the wall, with its head in the mud.
"It's in there." She said, sounding peeved. At the same time she held out a hand for his leads.