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Guilt floods her, and even his sardonic words don't stop it. "Sooooo-rrryyyy," she chimes in a sing-song, but genuine, voice. She only uses her magic when absolutely necessary, as she imagines it stings like a bitch to be electrocuted with ice-shards. After all, she has never been on the receiving end of her own magic, nor does she have any great desire to be. So to afflict someone with it by mistake is enough to make her feel slightly shamefaced, especially when that someone is her king.
Her gaze flickers across the hideous boils that pepper his skin, like his spots have turned against him and erupted into evil mini-volcanoes. "The hell happened to you?" Come to think of it, during the God fights she'd seen a couple of horses afflicted with the same revolting disease, and she subtly sidesteps away from him in case it is infectious. Only now does she note the bitterness in his voice, and when he turns to her she sees his cheeks streaked with tears. Immediately her face turns serious, and concern is evident in the frosty blue of her eyes. She is not the most empathetic of creatures, nor is she the sort to freely offer feelings or emotions out like gifts. She keeps her cards close to her chest, and chooses humour over serious conversations - because it's easier, and she fears her own ability to articulate her thoughts. She is iron, steel, not flesh and feeling - or so she likes to believe. But the sight of those eyes, glimmering with crystal tears, triggers an emotional response that she is not expecting, like a dagger of ice directly to her heart. "Are you...alright? What's happened?" Her voice, for once, is unusually soft, velvet rather than metal. Her head tilts, ears rammed forwards, sharp features melted away to be replaced with an expression of concern. Shit, she must be going soft in her old age. Normally she'd take the piss out of a big strong stallion having a sneaky little cry-fest in the corner, but some primal knowledge in her heart tells her that this is not a time for humour or banter. |
@Mauja
Other characters have permission to use magic/violence against Nyx at any time.
