[Keigetsu exhales -- catching herself just in time to make it a bit more graceful than the huff of breath she wants it to be, but not in time to stop it from being noticeable in the first place.
honestly, she's kind of deflated by the flat, functional response. she feels as though she was gearing up for a conversational war with hidden stiletto daggers and a bag of rocks was dumped on the table in front of her instead. they're not unthreatening, and she could try to pick one up and hurl it, but blunt instruments really aren't her weapon of choice.
...
one of those types. she's not sure what it means, but the implied insult stings. it's not that she cares about this random person's opinion so much more than anyone else's, precisely; more the timing. she managed to get the legs knocked out from under her in this conversation, but not until first succeeding in giving this guy a bad impression.
classic Keigetsu.]
...fine.
[she turns to the waiter, slightly subdued, to order something surprisingly light and vegetarian. it's a good thing that most fare here fits the bill. she keeps a wary eye on her companion, though; he can see the corner of her unnaturally yellow eye and the tension in the feathers along her scalp.]
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honestly, she's kind of deflated by the flat, functional response. she feels as though she was gearing up for a conversational war with hidden stiletto daggers and a bag of rocks was dumped on the table in front of her instead. they're not unthreatening, and she could try to pick one up and hurl it, but blunt instruments really aren't her weapon of choice.
...
one of those types. she's not sure what it means, but the implied insult stings. it's not that she cares about this random person's opinion so much more than anyone else's, precisely; more the timing. she managed to get the legs knocked out from under her in this conversation, but not until first succeeding in giving this guy a bad impression.
classic Keigetsu.]
...fine.
[she turns to the waiter, slightly subdued, to order something surprisingly light and vegetarian. it's a good thing that most fare here fits the bill. she keeps a wary eye on her companion, though; he can see the corner of her unnaturally yellow eye and the tension in the feathers along her scalp.]