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There was validity to Finntello's words, if Florence had stuck around it would be only a matter of time before Xevon or Alma began clashing heads with her. She supposed that not everyone can keep biting their tongue in order to achieve something. Her head turned to the side as she felt Finn's hand slip into hers, Florence was practically gone now, and then she turned out of view of the rubble. Following her departure, her vision was obscured by a wing as it angled itself around her, drawing her attention back to the man beside her. "Leaving him to make all the decisions is a lot to rest on his shoulders, even with Alma's help." Lily kept her voice lowered, giving the other winged individual a short glance before returning her focus back to Finn. Callisto frowned as he looked up at Xevon now, the man was just stnading there and looking like a personified thundercloud. Had he even heard what he had just said? Perhaps his annoyance at this new woman was enough to make him go mute. "Xevon?" He pushed, moving a hand to touch at his arm, careful in its slow approach and the softest tap on his arm before retreating again. Hyperaware of the fact that Xevon might not be in the mood for informalities. The sun had already climbed a decent way into the sky by now, with the rucksack being the only thing Callisto had found, they had nothing to show for their search. On top of that, where were they supposed to walk to now? Sure they had the two sets of wings to scout, but what should they be looking for? There had to be a cellar door situation in this realm as well, a back door their could slip out through and return to their home.
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Finn lowered his gaze slightly, a touch of guilt slipping through his expression. He hadn't meant to sound quite... like that. But now that she had said something, he could see that now. However, largely, he didn't want to get in the way at all. Most of him was scared... about what he would screw up if he even tried. That was largely why he was holding back. He shook his head lightly. "I... know," Finn finally said quietly, "but I'm just... I'm scared I'm gonna screw everything up somehow, someway. It always happens," he shook his head and risked a glance toward Xevon as well. The other winged man hadn't moved, watching the direction that Florence had gone. He hadn't said much else other than commenting about the fact that he hadn't cared about what she was. He cared about how she acted. That was not exactly anything new. Only slightly did his arm twitch ever so lightly as Callisto brushed along his arm. He shook his head lightly and glanced down toward Callisto. "We should move on," Xevon finally said shortly. "If there are ... creatures like she alluded to, I'd rather not be here where the blood is. I work better with a gun and not... a knife," he swung the dagger in one hand before scowling. The man scoffed and started forward, walking through the rubble. His feathers ruffled, shaking his head.
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Lily frowned and looked back up at Finn as the words left his mouth, feeling his feathers brush her shoulder as she twisted to face him a little better. "It doesn't always happen, that's impossible." She huffed, nudging her shoulder into him lightly but keeping her hold on his hand secured. "I can't think of anything you screwed up, so at least recently you haven't." Lily offered him a smile before a thought rose to the front of her brain. "And before you say it," Her head cocked to the side. "You didn't screw up with Veles, he's a god so it would be stupid to assume there wouldn't be injury. You happened to be the one it happened to." She neglected the part where she had tried to stop it and ended up blinding herself. A fact that Lily hadn't quite come to terms with yet, obviously it was impacting her navigational skills. However, the gravity of the fact she was blinded on one side, along with a probably ugly scar to match, hadn't settled in yet. Not when they were in such high tension situations, she had no time to think about it. Callisto took a small step back as Xevon moved past him to exit the ruins, he stared for a moment after him before reluctantly he picked his way through the rubble after him. This was all a bit much, he had spent years in relative peace and quiet, but this was a lot of action in a very short period of time and it was exhausting. That or he was simply too old in his mind and his younger body didn't match the inside. "I suppose she could have been bluffing about these creatures." He mumbled in light agreement once he had made it outside to stand beside Xevon once more. It was on the tip of his tongue that perhaps barrell rolling into any living thing they found maybe wasn't the best move, but he knew it wouldn't help the situation at all. Things are better left unsaid. Now that he was outside, Callisto could taste Florence on the humid air. Her scent lingered in the tiny weightless droplets of mist, leaving a distinct trail of where she had walked off to. Not that Callisto could see her at all now, there was only her trail left behind that vanished over a rise in the hillocks.
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Finn shook his head lightly, opening his mouth to protest her words when she spoke about Veles. Oh he had, he had massively screwed up there. "I hesitated--I stood there looking stupid instead of moving and then, when I finally did get moving, it... it was too late. Then, of course, I decided to take him on alone. I am here out of sheer luck," he responded lightly and sighed softly, shaking his head clear of his thoughts. "... and nothing can really prepare you for that look of sheer disappointment from the one guy you... you thought you looked up to for the entirety of your life. The legends you heard, the stories, the good--and then to find out... he ... isn't that. I'm just trying to now mess anything up again that's all." Xevon glanced back toward Callisto once more, his eyes reflecting some of the light of the sun overhead. While he itched to fly up again, he refused. His feet stayed rooted on the ground, refusing to move. He wasn't going to let them get caught off guard again. This time was different, they would make it home--all of them. And he wouldn't be delivering another letter stained in blood to a stoic-faced widow waiting for a young man to come home... who never did. He couldn't do it again. He just couldn't. Xevon didn't have it in him to try and think about that. So they had to survive. No matter what. But why was the woman so protective of this place all of a sudden? If she was a supposed traveler, why would it bother her this much? There were holes in her story, gaping windows with no glass to cover them and the exterior was a rundown hut parading as a sort of mansion. He knew those types of people. They were the types to stab one in the back. "We should keep going at least," Xevon finally said quietly. "There isn't much here and even if there were, I don't feel safe with her roaming around. There is too much potential for her to try and stab us in the back."
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