Katherine rolled her eyes. She'd been soft once. She'd recoiled at the sight of blood, felt her heart clench at the mere thought of another wanting to harm someone else. She'd been soft once, and she had died for it.
It'd be too easy to compel Lumina into having some confidence in herself. With a simple look in her eye, she could make it all go away, the fear, the second guessing, the softness to her. But Katherine never liked to make things easy for those around her or herself. If she did this, if she killed the kitsune and brought its heart back to this soft-hearted girl, she knew it would be a rather large debt Lumina would need to repay.
And the idea of having someone in her debt was enticing and motivation enough to keep Katherine from making this easier on the two of them.
"Fine," she said. She rolled her shoulders back and looked toward the cave. "The heart. That's it. If I get blood on my shoes, this king of the birds owes me several pairs."
Katherine gave Lumina a moment, a very brief pause, to reconsider her stance on not venturing into the cave with her. But she knew the younger girl wouldn't. Taking a heart was an unnerving business, and it was a task she thought Elijah would be quite capable of.
"Guard the entrance." Her tone turned slightly condescending, "Can you manage that?"
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Date: 2015-08-25 05:17 am (UTC)It'd be too easy to compel Lumina into having some confidence in herself. With a simple look in her eye, she could make it all go away, the fear, the second guessing, the softness to her. But Katherine never liked to make things easy for those around her or herself. If she did this, if she killed the kitsune and brought its heart back to this soft-hearted girl, she knew it would be a rather large debt Lumina would need to repay.
And the idea of having someone in her debt was enticing and motivation enough to keep Katherine from making this easier on the two of them.
"Fine," she said. She rolled her shoulders back and looked toward the cave. "The heart. That's it. If I get blood on my shoes, this king of the birds owes me several pairs."
Katherine gave Lumina a moment, a very brief pause, to reconsider her stance on not venturing into the cave with her. But she knew the younger girl wouldn't. Taking a heart was an unnerving business, and it was a task she thought Elijah would be quite capable of.
"Guard the entrance." Her tone turned slightly condescending, "Can you manage that?"