[ Luv had not been anyone's first choice to accompany Johan. Infiltration is not one of her primary skills; she is not interested in fitting in or pretending to make friends. But she is practiced at remaining unobtrusive, folding herself into prepackaged social niceties and met expectations until the idea of her is barely more than a glimmer in the peripheral vision of the people she's met. It's a comfortable position from which to observe. She's not likely to get in his way.
That is precisely the problem, for some of the nest. (Is she any better?) She is focused on their mission, however. She won't allow him to become distracted. If he's physically threatened, she will negate the threat. Isn't that all that's really necessary?
She wears her fantastical sculpture of a dress like she was built for it, a special edition Barbie in a gown sown to her waist and wrists, designed to be seen and not lived in. It isn't her favorite. But the absence of choice is familiar, as is this cavalier parade toward self-destruction. ]
( Is that not human nature? )
[ Human, through the lens of Luv's mind, being something external to herself. Lesser. Her baseline pleasantness doesn't waver. ]
ii. new bff
That is precisely the problem, for some of the nest. (Is she any better?) She is focused on their mission, however. She won't allow him to become distracted. If he's physically threatened, she will negate the threat. Isn't that all that's really necessary?
She wears her fantastical sculpture of a dress like she was built for it, a special edition Barbie in a gown sown to her waist and wrists, designed to be seen and not lived in. It isn't her favorite. But the absence of choice is familiar, as is this cavalier parade toward self-destruction. ]
( Is that not human nature? )
[ Human, through the lens of Luv's mind, being something external to herself. Lesser. Her baseline pleasantness doesn't waver. ]