Citra tips her head a little to one side, neither agreeing nor disagreeing. There were aspects of being a scythe that took some getting used to, and new habits and routines to develop, but calling it normal is a bit much. Maybe it's just that 'normal,' to her ears, sounds a little too much like 'comfortable.' And being a scythe shouldn't feel comfortable, just as it shouldn't feel easy or fun.
She remembers Marie's warning about how being Goddards apprentice would change him. She wonders if she's reading too much into it.
"I think 'normal' is a stretch," she says, a part of her noting that it's a more diplomatic response than what Rowan might consider usual. A more Anastasia response. "It makes it sound easy, or routine, and it's not. Or it wasn't the way I did it."
She gives him a more openly dubious look as he braces himself to explain Darrow's brand of weird, just because his tone and his please-believe-me expression invite a little preemptive skepticism. But what he describes is so absurd that she doesn't think he could make it up, and she barks out a startled laugh.
"Cookies?" she repeats, diplomacy heaved out the window for the time being. "Come on."
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She remembers Marie's warning about how being Goddards apprentice would change him. She wonders if she's reading too much into it.
"I think 'normal' is a stretch," she says, a part of her noting that it's a more diplomatic response than what Rowan might consider usual. A more Anastasia response. "It makes it sound easy, or routine, and it's not. Or it wasn't the way I did it."
She gives him a more openly dubious look as he braces himself to explain Darrow's brand of weird, just because his tone and his please-believe-me expression invite a little preemptive skepticism. But what he describes is so absurd that she doesn't think he could make it up, and she barks out a startled laugh.
"Cookies?" she repeats, diplomacy heaved out the window for the time being. "Come on."