[ Emerald gives him a mildly prickly look, but in the end it's just a compliment and not something she feels the need to shut down completely. So she goes with a snide comment instead. ]
I look like less of a drowned rat than everyone else.
[ Benefits of always keeping her hair tied up. They're almost to the top and she can see the stables in the distance, casually ignoring that she just implied that he's included in the drowned rat population. It's not that she doesn't think he's attractive-- if anything, it's because she doesn't dislike talking to him so far and Emerald really only knows how to get along with other people by teasing if she's not being intentionally fake. She picks up the pace a little once she sees the building, energized by at least having some goal to head toward. ]
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I look like less of a drowned rat than everyone else.
[ Benefits of always keeping her hair tied up. They're almost to the top and she can see the stables in the distance, casually ignoring that she just implied that he's included in the drowned rat population. It's not that she doesn't think he's attractive-- if anything, it's because she doesn't dislike talking to him so far and Emerald really only knows how to get along with other people by teasing if she's not being intentionally fake. She picks up the pace a little once she sees the building, energized by at least having some goal to head toward. ]
Is that where we're supposed to go?