[ She didn’t expect to feel guilty, stumbling upon him, asleep. Taken out of the context of that medical bay, with all the visceral unease that inspires, he’s just… Some guy. Minding his own business, as far as she could tell. Thus far, nothing about him suggests he deserved the flack she gave him.
Though she expects him to eviscerate her for it (verbally, if not physically) she finishes his braid. Oni’s kept her hair short for almost all of her adult life, but some things you don’t forget. When he wakes, he’ll either find her finishing her self-appointed task or else sitting far enough away so as not to be in his personal space, her rough demeanor completely at odds with the lavish surroundings. ]
I see you took my advice. [ She briefly smirks, fully expecting him to tell her she had nothing to do with it, and, probably, it’d be the truth. ] … It’s not a rat’s nest.
[ This, then, is as close to an apology as he’s going to get from her. ]
I. The Forbidden Hair
[ She didn’t expect to feel guilty, stumbling upon him, asleep. Taken out of the context of that medical bay, with all the visceral unease that inspires, he’s just… Some guy. Minding his own business, as far as she could tell. Thus far, nothing about him suggests he deserved the flack she gave him.
Though she expects him to eviscerate her for it (verbally, if not physically) she finishes his braid. Oni’s kept her hair short for almost all of her adult life, but some things you don’t forget. When he wakes, he’ll either find her finishing her self-appointed task or else sitting far enough away so as not to be in his personal space, her rough demeanor completely at odds with the lavish surroundings. ]
I see you took my advice. [ She briefly smirks, fully expecting him to tell her she had nothing to do with it, and, probably, it’d be the truth. ] … It’s not a rat’s nest.
[ This, then, is as close to an apology as he’s going to get from her. ]