[To accomodate his efforts, she lifts her chin up and tilts her head back a little (trying not to disturb Cinque too much as she does.) She trusts Mista deeply, and she knows that there's no threat in his motions, but the revulsion as the gauze touches her neck is instinctual. Especially given how much more acutely she can feel the pain now that there's no crisis or sensory overload muddling everything.
She grips the knot of root beneath her until her knuckles are white and just takes a deep breath. There's a slight nervous tremble in her body that she tries to quell. Over and over like a mantra, she tells herself: it's just Mista. It's not a rope. It's just Mista.
But, cleverer than he gives himself credit for, he has the good sense to distract her. She can't stop a snort of laughter at his claim, interrupting the meditative orbit of her fear around a downward spiral. Her laughter carries her response.] Aw, if you stayed super hot it probably wasn't that bad.
[She could have thought about those words that she said before, during, or after the process of saying them. She had every opportunity to and she didn't.
But if she stops to think too much, the distraction breaks and everything might catch up to her, so that's just how it's going to have to be for now!]
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She grips the knot of root beneath her until her knuckles are white and just takes a deep breath. There's a slight nervous tremble in her body that she tries to quell. Over and over like a mantra, she tells herself: it's just Mista. It's not a rope. It's just Mista.
But, cleverer than he gives himself credit for, he has the good sense to distract her. She can't stop a snort of laughter at his claim, interrupting the meditative orbit of her fear around a downward spiral. Her laughter carries her response.] Aw, if you stayed super hot it probably wasn't that bad.
[She could have thought about those words that she said before, during, or after the process of saying them. She had every opportunity to and she didn't.
But if she stops to think too much, the distraction breaks and everything might catch up to her, so that's just how it's going to have to be for now!]