SURVIVOR.

             ❛   If you can’t find any for sale, we could always fish some out of that giant, mysterious lake in Cotes. I bet that’s what the kappa do ! … Probably.  ❜

     HE SEEMED TO ACTUALLY CONSIDER HER WORDS for a moment, hovering his mouth shy the lip of his glass. when he answered, there was no sarcastic lilt to his tone or underlying wry humour, but something sober; cold.

          “ … yang and ruby have enough to worry about. the last thing they need is my problems added to their plate. ”

          "— I felt the same way, once."

     Her tone is solemn, revisiting the time she had left her teammates & family in the dark. She thought she could face the world alone, running away from the past. Yet, no matter what she did, people still ended up hurt. But after some time, she learned to trust in others— and she was on the path to recovery.

        ⋯ █ ★ █ ⋯ The smirk on her face showed that she didn’t regret her words at all. “What? I’m just being honest!”

          ⋯ █ ★ █ ⋯ “Woah! Not really interested in seeing all these half naked people around. I only have interest in seeing one person without a top.” Yang gave a wink to the nearest person.

     Hearing a newcomer lament the disappointment of losing their own weapons and strength struck a chord within Hana, and thus did she cock her head to inspect the ‘weapon’ in the other woman’s hands. “I bet it your real weapon was super cool… that doesn’t look like it matches up. They let me keep Toki but she can only fly in brief periods.”

          "... It was." A sigh, as she placed the weapon back into its holster. "It was a cleaver that fuctioned as a gun, and a blade—"

     It was a versatile weapon, ready for long and short range, but seeing it be parodied in the form of a toy didn't sit well with her. Being stuck in a place, with a Semblance that was limited and a weapon with little to no use— it opened the faunus to harm. Truly a suspicious place.

          “ lost count somewhere after twelve. ” he peered aside to survey her reaction for a moment, taking his newly filled glass into a hand before adding, “ i’m kidding. what’s it matter anyway? ” and he took a swig as if to punctuate the point.

     Walking beside her partner, watching as couples flooded the streets of the city was a little embarrassing. The two have never gone on a proper date until today– and while they had things to worry about back in Remnant, a part of her was a little glad that she had time to spend with Yang, outside of times of conflict.

     Lips come to a small smile, cheeks a little flushed as she just looked at the path ahead of them. Yang's presence was more than enough to give her comfort, warmth– Blake was happy with her at her side. It had been a few minutes of contented silence, until the faunus had spoken up on the matter of lunch.

          “ … mm. ” he hummed thoughtfully in reply, consulting the dregs of his drink for a moment, then draining his glass before gesturing for another to the barkeep, “ good guess– what gave me away? ” it couldn’t possibly be the excessive drinking.