Burden of Emotion

[KAELIA BRYNN HALLOWAY]

He turns to me and stares quietly, his eyes trailing to the vial in my shaky hand. There is a silence that wraps around us as his gaze remains on it.

I know that he is not a being of reactions but by the heavens, I thought the threat would spark some sort of reaction, no matter how small. An eye or lip twitch, perhaps. He merely tilts his head and blinks.

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