it's rare that he seeks her out. not out of a particular fear or dislike of her company, of course; gwi-ma simply keeps him busy. if anything, the breaks in their chats make the next coming one all the more anticipated.
he waves to her now with a demon's head still held tight in his hand.
❝ oi, yeong-won !! you'll never guess what this fucker said 'fore i took his head off his shoulders !! ❞
fingers rake through dark strands, separating and detangling each and every knot gently, removing flakes of dry blood. it's been yet another slow day, trapped in the underworld as she is, and her meager meals are only so filling. thus, feeling another demon's presence approach is a most welcome change ⸺ especially realizing that it's arsenal that deigns to visit her. eyebrow twitches briefly hearing the man bellow out a crude insult towards his latest victim, although she's quick to smoothe out her expression. she knows him well enough by now for his crude patterns of speech to be . . . tolerable.
❝ hm . . . ❞ gaze travels from the demon to the head dangling in his hand. empty expression, eyes glazed. there's blood still dripping to the ground 'neath, drawing a soft smile from yeong-won. with a slow exhale, she drops her hands into her lap. ❝ perhaps that he will kill you? or that you cannot kill him? or something equally foolish. ❞ it's a rather common occurrence in her experience ⸺ denial turning into manic overestimation turning into despair turning into the highest degree of agony. a beautiful process, truly. ❝ but do enlighten me, dear arsenal. i'd welcome a surprise. ❞