Post by strider on Jun 30, 2022 15:02:39 GMT -5
“How do you deal with being uncertain about the danger all the time?” Orpheus asked, casting his gaze down to meet L’s. He wasn’t used to the paranoia in the slightest. There were so many ways a room like this could go wrong, so many things that could happen, so many things that were out of their control… so many things they thought they had control over, but that they probably didn’t because the House liked giving them the illusion of control without actually giving them any control at all. Were they both just playing directly into what the House wanted? Was this how L felt in every interaction he had, because almost everyone in his world he interacted with probably had a valid reason to want him gone? Orpheus forced himself to breathe. He hoped this was just a side effect of the room, not his new face.
“Sorry,” he breathed, letting his eyes close for just a moment as he tried to steady himself and ground himself in the moment. There was no use pondering all of the ‘what ifs.’ If the House wanted to hurt them, it would. That was why Orpheus was going to change it. If, in the mean time, the two of them fell into a trap, they would deal with it together.
“I like the idea of walking around. It might help us get our bearings.”
“Sorry,” he breathed, letting his eyes close for just a moment as he tried to steady himself and ground himself in the moment. There was no use pondering all of the ‘what ifs.’ If the House wanted to hurt them, it would. That was why Orpheus was going to change it. If, in the mean time, the two of them fell into a trap, they would deal with it together.
“I like the idea of walking around. It might help us get our bearings.”
