[ Threatening to slice away her clothing in a theoretical situation isn't winning him any points. Rey's end of the bond recoils like a turtle slipping into its shell, refusing to be beckoned forth, at the mere suggestion.
After what he has done, it's callous to even invoke the imagery. ]
You can start by not talking about me with my clothes off. [ His absence makes her snappish, turning onto her back to shift her glower to him. He looks ... fatigued, depleted — it causes her only a moment of hesitation before she recounts every reason he has given her thus far. ] I want to wash before I change, and I want to do it alone.
[ Maybe she can leverage compliance to get what she wants — privacy, not being covered in her filth if he expects her to change. It's what she tells herself, at any rate; the alternative is believing her softness has returned in some small amount when she knows it is better off dead. Its resurgence would only mean more disappointment and pain.
For now, she ignores the food he has set out. Eating to avoid a force-feeding is not the same as having any appetite. ]
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[ Threatening to slice away her clothing in a theoretical situation isn't winning him any points. Rey's end of the bond recoils like a turtle slipping into its shell, refusing to be beckoned forth, at the mere suggestion.
After what he has done, it's callous to even invoke the imagery. ]
You can start by not talking about me with my clothes off. [ His absence makes her snappish, turning onto her back to shift her glower to him. He looks ... fatigued, depleted — it causes her only a moment of hesitation before she recounts every reason he has given her thus far. ] I want to wash before I change, and I want to do it alone.
[ Maybe she can leverage compliance to get what she wants — privacy, not being covered in her filth if he expects her to change. It's what she tells herself, at any rate; the alternative is believing her softness has returned in some small amount when she knows it is better off dead. Its resurgence would only mean more disappointment and pain.
For now, she ignores the food he has set out. Eating to avoid a force-feeding is not the same as having any appetite. ]