[ The immediate blank stare is brought to you by a wisdom check crit fail. But given that Buffy literally threw Burt out of their hotel room by his collar like x number of months ago for this exact reason, that wisdom check deserved an action point, bringing it to 18 as she susses out the practical complications here.
Sighing her understanding, she nods, glancing aside. ] Because of Isabella.
[ And Jade. And the trial. And therapy. The more she thinks about what parts of their life have been public, the worse it looks. She and Kat introduced the concert where Jade died. She tried to call herself the Black Scourge at his trial. Rafael mentioned her in his Grammys speech. Then a few months later, he's waxing poetic about her on stage and they're caught snogging in dark corners in Venice. There are a lot of threads to pull at, none of them from good moments.
Though she looks momentarily pressed by the notion, eyes flicking shut, grim resolution tightening her jaw, she does pack it away quickly. ]
It doesn't matter. [ Dragging her gaze back to his, there's trust and confidence waiting there. ] Whatever they say, I know what the truth is. Besides, it's not like they can hound outside my windows snapping photos. I live in a secret headquarters. [ Wait maybe that's just making this more inconvenient because what if they try to follow her there. Her slight grimace is fleeting, dismissed a moment later with the breezy suggestion, ] But given that, if you wanted to teach me how to shake a tail, I wouldn't say no.
[ It's hard to ruffle her feathers outside a life or death situation, ok. ]
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Sighing her understanding, she nods, glancing aside. ] Because of Isabella.
[ And Jade. And the trial. And therapy. The more she thinks about what parts of their life have been public, the worse it looks. She and Kat introduced the concert where Jade died. She tried to call herself the Black Scourge at his trial. Rafael mentioned her in his Grammys speech. Then a few months later, he's waxing poetic about her on stage and they're caught snogging in dark corners in Venice. There are a lot of threads to pull at, none of them from good moments.
Though she looks momentarily pressed by the notion, eyes flicking shut, grim resolution tightening her jaw, she does pack it away quickly. ]
It doesn't matter. [ Dragging her gaze back to his, there's trust and confidence waiting there. ] Whatever they say, I know what the truth is. Besides, it's not like they can hound outside my windows snapping photos. I live in a secret headquarters. [ Wait maybe that's just making this more inconvenient because what if they try to follow her there. Her slight grimace is fleeting, dismissed a moment later with the breezy suggestion, ] But given that, if you wanted to teach me how to shake a tail, I wouldn't say no.
[ It's hard to ruffle her feathers outside a life or death situation, ok. ]