None of her challenges have been especially violent. It was counter to Charlotte's expectations of her daughter when she'd been a Heart, and the most martial she'd done in the Spades had been her own challenge for Four. Archery was deadly, of course, but there was a certain distance to it.
In an archery challenge, all that got pierced was the target.
Still, violence, drawing blood, put cracks in the most experienced fighter. She'd seen it with her father. Victor didn't let much of it onto his face, but there were times when she could see him quietly resettling himself. Even if in her husband's case, she suspected it was less because he'd hurt someone and regretted it so much as he'd hurt them and enjoyed it.
Zoë hugs Eileen back, smiling a little as she leans back. She can dance around a subject all day. There was a reason David nominated her to be liaison to the Arcana back when they'd been around. A reason she'd been able to deal with Sieben Dietrich even when she hadn't liked him much. But she's learned to be blunt, too, and Eileen's probably had enough dancing today. "How are you doing now?"
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Date: 2016-03-20 09:56 pm (UTC)In an archery challenge, all that got pierced was the target.
Still, violence, drawing blood, put cracks in the most experienced fighter. She'd seen it with her father. Victor didn't let much of it onto his face, but there were times when she could see him quietly resettling himself. Even if in her husband's case, she suspected it was less because he'd hurt someone and regretted it so much as he'd hurt them and enjoyed it.
Zoë hugs Eileen back, smiling a little as she leans back. She can dance around a subject all day. There was a reason David nominated her to be liaison to the Arcana back when they'd been around. A reason she'd been able to deal with Sieben Dietrich even when she hadn't liked him much. But she's learned to be blunt, too, and Eileen's probably had enough dancing today. "How are you doing now?"