[ The first words out of his mouth feel strange. But then she watches him try again and it's nothing weird - just a request to explain what the Deep Ones are.
Kaya crosses her arms loosely over her chest, her shoulders slumping a little. She looks askance and tries to keep her voice light and wills herself to figuratively take a step back from the echo from her demons to set them down in front of her like facts and nothing more. ]
No one knows for sure what they are. [ A quick glance up at Jon - to check, her hindbrain seems to tell her - if he's still there. ] They've been around for as long as people have - and maybe even before that.
All the adults I've ever known compare them to natural disasters; really scary storms, earthquakes, flash floods. That is [ she breathes, tongue in cheek as she speaks slowly ] if natural disasters could hunt.
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Kaya crosses her arms loosely over her chest, her shoulders slumping a little. She looks askance and tries to keep her voice light and wills herself to figuratively take a step back from the echo from her demons to set them down in front of her like facts and nothing more. ]
No one knows for sure what they are. [ A quick glance up at Jon - to check, her hindbrain seems to tell her - if he's still there. ] They've been around for as long as people have - and maybe even before that.
All the adults I've ever known compare them to natural disasters; really scary storms, earthquakes, flash floods. That is [ she breathes, tongue in cheek as she speaks slowly ] if natural disasters could hunt.