[The salt of the water clings to her skin and hair, it's uncomfortable and she's still damp despite the small breeze of the shoreline, but it's not the first time she's had to walk around in such a state, minus the salt. Watching the creature move away from the bottle of water and towel upon the sand, she keeps a careful eye as she approaches as he moves back, her green gaze not leaving Xander's face, not distracted completely from the wisps of shadow that are apart of him, listening as he describes her open-ended question.
Ellie's brows furrow.]
Curl around things on their own or like you can control them? [Comes her question. He's a strange guy, in looks and she's not used to kindness without a second motive, maybe something worse behind it. As she approaches the items on the ground she crouches down slowly, taking up the towel and draping it over her shoulders before grabbing the bottle of water quickly and standing back up, unscrewing the lid, the following statement quieter.] Thanks.
[She takes a drink and the fresh water rushes through her system, immediately tasting better than the sand that lingered in her mouth. Sloshing it about in her mouth, she spits a bit out onto the ground, trying to get as much sand out from between her teeth as possible, wiping at her lips with the sleeve of her coat.]
no subject
Ellie's brows furrow.]
Curl around things on their own or like you can control them? [Comes her question. He's a strange guy, in looks and she's not used to kindness without a second motive, maybe something worse behind it. As she approaches the items on the ground she crouches down slowly, taking up the towel and draping it over her shoulders before grabbing the bottle of water quickly and standing back up, unscrewing the lid, the following statement quieter.] Thanks.
[She takes a drink and the fresh water rushes through her system, immediately tasting better than the sand that lingered in her mouth. Sloshing it about in her mouth, she spits a bit out onto the ground, trying to get as much sand out from between her teeth as possible, wiping at her lips with the sleeve of her coat.]
What are you anyway?