[ she returns the squeeze of his fingers with a warm smile, letting him take his time to explain the plan for the day. all of this was going to be ugly... to an extent. it would only be as ugly as kaz would allow it to be. he mentions jordie easily enough, but inej knows that the closer they stray to more painful memories, the more difficult this was going to be.
she looks amused at the story, idly turning his hand over so his palm faces upward. she idly traces the lines in his palm, fingers tracing along indentations that she has long since memorized. if you didn't know kaz, you would think he did work meant for soft hands. a banker, or a lawyer. someone who didn't get their hands dirty, or didn't know the meaning of hard work for survival. a far contrast to her own calloused hands, roughened by knives and rope.
the thought amuses her further, before she says: ]
I want to see it.
[ see everything, really. she feels starved for information, here; wants to soak up everything possible, for how long it has taken her to arrive at this moment. because this is all she wanted of him, wasn't it? for him to trust her with the broken pieces. being here, it was hard to imagine how kaz brekker was formed from such a peaceful and idyllic place. but lost boys don't wind up in ketterdam without reason; she suspects she'll learn soon enough as to why they found their way into pekka's grasp. ]
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she looks amused at the story, idly turning his hand over so his palm faces upward. she idly traces the lines in his palm, fingers tracing along indentations that she has long since memorized. if you didn't know kaz, you would think he did work meant for soft hands. a banker, or a lawyer. someone who didn't get their hands dirty, or didn't know the meaning of hard work for survival. a far contrast to her own calloused hands, roughened by knives and rope.
the thought amuses her further, before she says: ]
I want to see it.
[ see everything, really. she feels starved for information, here; wants to soak up everything possible, for how long it has taken her to arrive at this moment. because this is all she wanted of him, wasn't it? for him to trust her with the broken pieces. being here, it was hard to imagine how kaz brekker was formed from such a peaceful and idyllic place. but lost boys don't wind up in ketterdam without reason; she suspects she'll learn soon enough as to why they found their way into pekka's grasp. ]
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