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[ezra_of_lothal]

Who: Ezra + Obi-wan. Ezra+Michael, Ezra+Ariadne
What: closed prompt in comments.
When:  Evening of 2/25, and also general end of the month
Where: Obi-wan's house in Cassandra, Michael's shop, Rooftops of Trench

Content Warnings:  Blood, offscreen deaths, aftermath of mass battle, grief, some corruption, others in tags

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[demonicbeauty]

She looked sideways at him, nodding slightly. "Traded. To be Human. Or close enough, anyway." Obviously, she wasn't Human. But most people didn't bother looking deeper than the skin. Which worked in her favor. Even if it could be a little sad, sometimes.

Ah, well. There were the rare, wonderful gems who understood better. And Ariadne so treasured them, when she found them.

"I don't regret it. Not really. But I'd be lying if I didn't say that I sometimes missed flying."

[ezra_of_lothal]

He twitches a little, in empathetic distress on her behalf. "You couldn't hide them. Your wings."

[demonicbeauty]

"Maybe under a very, very big cloak," she said. "But it would look a little funny and out of place. Especially in the summer."

To say nothing of the grand chambers of royal courts. When she was pretending to be a visiting lady or diplomat. Humans passed for important people. Alastrians so rarely did. And under the Red Dragon's reign...

Better not to think of that.

[ezra_of_lothal]

He's quiet a few seconds, wrestling with sadness and anger.

"You never have to pretend to be human with me. You know that, right?"

[demonicbeauty]

Ariadne gave him a smile, unsure what was going on in his mind. Not that it mattered. She'd come to the opinion that you didn't have to necessarily understand someone, in order to understand them.

In order to understand who they were, anyway.

And she knew that Ezra was a kind, gentle soul. That was what mattered.

"I know," she said. "That's why we're friends."

[ezra_of_lothal]

"Ok. Good." Part of his wanted to rage or apologize that she'd gone through all that. He offers a smile back.

"I'm glad we're friends. And you really should go enjoy your wings some more," he says, giving her shoulder a gentle squeeze.