[ lumine pauses once more from her work to glance at the phone and read what the message says before she looks up at ajax. she supposes that they've probably put this off for a while now, and there's no doubt that his dad is getting suspicious about this. it doesn't help either that there's enough of his men who had died trying to protect her and her brother. it wouldn't surprise her if he's holding that against them.
for a moment, she looks back at her laptop, her expression thoughtful. a moment later, she's looking back up at ajax, her lips pressed together. ]
Can Aether go with you?
[ surely, her brother has met his dad? and is probably familiar with him? which means that there's a better chance for her twin to smooth things over with the volkov patriarch.
but also, mostly she doesn't want to have to answer any questions she can't answer. ]
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for a moment, she looks back at her laptop, her expression thoughtful. a moment later, she's looking back up at ajax, her lips pressed together. ]
Can Aether go with you?
[ surely, her brother has met his dad? and is probably familiar with him? which means that there's a better chance for her twin to smooth things over with the volkov patriarch.
but also, mostly she doesn't want to have to answer any questions she can't answer. ]