( the shallow, juvenile reasoning. still, it doesn't make it less true. even now, she shies away from the reflected, compact version of herself living in the phone, like a vampire hiding from sunlight. look too long, and she's certain she won't like whatever future version of herself — saints, even the past version of herself, especially the past version of herself — she sees in the crystal ball of the screen.
half for her comfort, half in retaliation for alia's meddling, alina lets the phone droop back onto her desk with a slap, affording alia a nice, scenic view of the ceiling. out of view, she adjusts the boned collar digging into her clavicle, the very thing she can't stand to look at for long, the first oddity people must see when they look at her. )
Be joyous all you want. There still aren't any real werewolves around to knot you.
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( the shallow, juvenile reasoning. still, it doesn't make it less true. even now, she shies away from the reflected, compact version of herself living in the phone, like a vampire hiding from sunlight. look too long, and she's certain she won't like whatever future version of herself — saints, even the past version of herself, especially the past version of herself — she sees in the crystal ball of the screen.
half for her comfort, half in retaliation for alia's meddling, alina lets the phone droop back onto her desk with a slap, affording alia a nice, scenic view of the ceiling. out of view, she adjusts the boned collar digging into her clavicle, the very thing she can't stand to look at for long, the first oddity people must see when they look at her. )
Be joyous all you want. There still aren't any real werewolves around to knot you.