[ It's another moment before she pulls her head out of the fountain. She's pulling in a hard breath, trying not to sputter after having had her mouth open under the water's surface... And her hair is wetly clinging to the sides of her face. Is this the worst she's looked in a while? Probably. But desperate times called for desperate measures.
Still, when she looks at Balthus she doesn't look particularly perturbed, but yes, she's annoyed, something that she intends to come across in her voice when she speaks but then she realizes - is the burning gone?
She places fingertips to her neck, almost as if wanting to examine... But she opens her mouth and just ends up coughing, with no flame to be seen. ]
just as planned!
Still, when she looks at Balthus she doesn't look particularly perturbed, but yes, she's annoyed, something that she intends to come across in her voice when she speaks but then she realizes - is the burning gone?
She places fingertips to her neck, almost as if wanting to examine... But she opens her mouth and just ends up coughing, with no flame to be seen. ]