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Kisa Sohma | #FFDD99 | TEXT/ACTION

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[stripedown]

You... you've been looking out for me and helping me all this time.

[ Kisa closes her eyes against the gentle pressure, breathing in softly. Sierra never really talks about how she feels, either. Always graceful. Always composed. She'd only seen her shaken back in the palace, when she'd been upset about Kisa risking herself like that. ]

... I wanted... to try and do at least half as much for you...

[regrede]

Look at us…

[ sierra can’t help but find it funny in a horribly sad way that she has such emotion in common with a little human girl—it’s a bad sign for the life that kisa has lived, even if she’s turned out so sweet and empathetic to sierra’s plight. ]

You’ve done plenty. I promise. Just by being yourself.

[stripedown]

[ We don't talk about the Sohma family.

But Kisa sighs softly, managing a smile after a few seconds. ]

Thank you... I feel the same way about you.

[regrede]

[ sierra pulls back just enough to see that smile properly, and her eyes soften in return. ]

…I promise I won’t sleep that long again without at least telling you first. That was rude of me.

[stripedown]

...Yeah.

[ With a firm nod. ]

Does that always happen in the winter?

[regrede]

Mm… no. It happens when I want it to.

[ winter just seems like a good time to take a nice long nap, in sierra’s opinion. ]

[stripedown]

... Are you still tired?

[ She wants to make sure she's properly prepared. More blankets, or maybe Sierra wants her hair brushed while she's asleep... ]

[regrede]

I am always tired.

[ as if on cue, she yawns, delicately covering her mouth with her hand. ]

But I shouldn’t sleep much more than this right now. I have things to do and people to see. I’m awake, I assure you.

[stripedown]

... I still don't know a lot about vampires.

[ She says this in a quietly wondering voice. She didn't know they were always sleepy, or if that's just a Sierra thing. She'd known that they drank blood and could turn into bats, but that's really about it. ]

[regrede]

Technically, I am all there is to know. I was the first.

[ sierra smiles, not quite proud but not exactly sad either. she’s the progenitor of all vampires, and so any stereotypes are technically her doing.

of course, that doesn’t speak for anything that other vampires in other worlds get up to, like eating sardines. ]

[stripedown]

... The very first?

[ Sierra... that's honestly kind of amazing?? ]

[regrede]

The very first. Have I not told you this?

[ it’s amazing if she leaves out all the details, which she will, because she’s probably scarred kisa enough for one day. ]