An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
PALE STRANGER CHAPTER 16
TW: MENTION OF SELF HARM AND ATTEMPTED SU*C*DE
“You forget what I am, kynigos.” he said. Faye scoffed.
“You’re a god, not invincible.”
“I can take care of myself.”
“Whatever. That’s not the point.” Faye threw her hands, knowing this conversation would give her a splitting headache later. “Forget I said anything.”
“If the point is to lose sight of the task at hand then you are succeeding.”
“It’s just…,” Faye grasped for the words, pinching the bridge of her nose. She didn’t think she’d need to describe how empathy worked. “When we met, you were sick. Really sick. Is that normal? Can that happen again? Because when you didn’t come back I had to assume the worst.”
She let herself ramble off some of those questions that had been gnawing at her since she’d dragged him back to her homestead. He walked silently for a moment, the way he did when he was thinking deeply about something.
“I heard you speaking to the witch,” he said. Faye’s chest tightened for a moment, heart racing.
“And?”
