Both of them turn to towards you. The woman tilts her head a touch, as though interested but unsurprised. Neither one of the pair answer you right away, and instead wait for you to approach, a choice that could be considered either an indication of patience and discretion or else faintly bored indifference.
"Looks like Kiri brought back another one." The man's voice is heavy as stone. Like stone, it is hard, but not in a way that is unkind—simply in a way that does not compromise itself for anything as irrelevant as social niceties.
[Honestly that's a quality she appreciates, lacking in social niceties herself. She rubs absently at the new plant growth she traded to humour her distaste of water and comes to a stop before them, well out of arms' reach.]
The man looks you up and down. Actually, you recognize him: he's the axe-wielding executioner—the one who had been called "Harlowe."
"...So you damn well did." His brows are raised, now; he might actually be surprised. "I'd say it was good as breaking in, coming here without a single person near-drowning in the process, but I know Treasure when I see it."
The woman has her chin angled as she considers you in a way that's very obviously an assessment. She seems like the sort who expects most things to disappoint her, so she's given up bothering to be upset when they do. Up close, you can see that her skin is olive-toned, but with a strange sort of sheen to it at certain angles, like starlight or like the way light refracts through morning new.
"I'm Adalet, Power of Injustice, and of Sprouts. He's Harlowe, Power of Axes. We're Familia Leli—or part of it, in any event." She has an alto voice, with a tone seemingly set to "no-nonsense" as default.
"Most likely you just know her by a different name," Adalet offers, reasonably. She does not look like she especially enjoys being reasonable, but she also looks like she's used to it.
"Temptation of Angels, remember?" Adalet's voice has gone soft, and tired. She doesn't look more than 35 or so, but she has the quality of someone very, very old.
"It isn't the only reason she Fell, but Leli... back when she was Leliel, she was already looking for a sword like Kiri.
"—And this is the first timeline she Fell like that. I know, since I've been to them."
[At least the duplicates of herself and Adora have primed her for the idea of multiple universes and timelines.]
Uh huh. Sounds like your problem, not mine. Maybe you should've done a better job of breaking the sword if you hated the idea of her being around so much.
"...Very true." Both Adalet and Harlowe look like they agree with that one, in fact.
"Anyway." Adalet straightens her shoulders, trying to return to businesslike.
"My apologies for getting caught up in some of my own... history. We didn't have long after finding out Kiri is Temptation of Angels before we—" She pauses; clears her throat. "—before we were separated from Leli. I suppose it's still rather fresh."
Around your feet, there are little white flowers starting to bloom: snowdrops.
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"Looks like Kiri brought back another one." The man's voice is heavy as stone. Like stone, it is hard, but not in a way that is unkind—simply in a way that does not compromise itself for anything as irrelevant as social niceties.
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I brought myself, thanks. Who're you?
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"...So you damn well did." His brows are raised, now; he might actually be surprised. "I'd say it was good as breaking in, coming here without a single person near-drowning in the process, but I know Treasure when I see it."
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The woman has her chin angled as she considers you in a way that's very obviously an assessment. She seems like the sort who expects most things to disappoint her, so she's given up bothering to be upset when they do. Up close, you can see that her skin is olive-toned, but with a strange sort of sheen to it at certain angles, like starlight or like the way light refracts through morning new.
"I'm Adalet, Power of Injustice, and of Sprouts. He's Harlowe, Power of Axes. We're Familia Leli—or part of it, in any event." She has an alto voice, with a tone seemingly set to "no-nonsense" as default.
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"Treasure"? What are you talking about?
[Ignoring the introduction and not offering one of her own because manners are for losers.]
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A beat, and he nods at your scar-made-of-flowers. "...More or less literally. Call it being invited, as far as I'm concerned."
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"Do you know any cursed, shattered swords?"
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What do you know about cursed swords? Seems like useful information.
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For the first time, Adalet looks... almost uncomfortable. "...And I suppose I led Leli right to her."
Harlowe watches her with his same stony expression, and says nothing.
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This doesn't seem like the first time Harlowe has given this kind of explanation.
"And Leli is..." He actually hesitates a moment. "...She's a Fallen Angel. Devil of the Night, now."
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I mean, you called yourselves her family, or whatever. So what do you care if she finds the dumb sword?
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"It isn't the only reason she Fell, but Leli... back when she was Leliel, she was already looking for a sword like Kiri.
"—And this is the first timeline she Fell like that. I know, since I've been to them."
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Uh huh. Sounds like your problem, not mine. Maybe you should've done a better job of breaking the sword if you hated the idea of her being around so much.
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Harlowe's tone is as stony as before: the question could be rhetorical—or maybe not.
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"Anyway." Adalet straightens her shoulders, trying to return to businesslike.
"My apologies for getting caught up in some of my own... history. We didn't have long after finding out Kiri is Temptation of Angels before we—" She pauses; clears her throat. "—before we were separated from Leli. I suppose it's still rather fresh."
Around your feet, there are little white flowers starting to bloom: snowdrops.
"Why are you here, then?"
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"And that is a choice."
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What, you think I was supposed to just sit in that weird room and wait––for what? Hoping someone would come let me out?
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A beat. "That sword, and apparently all these extra flowers she's got now."
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