Runesight

Reias nodded curtly and picked up her water, taking an exaggerated sip.

“...what’s Aleene?”

The water ended up in lots of places, none of which was in Reias’s mouth. She coughed a few times, and I tried to comprehend why such a simple question was worthy of water spitting. Reias kept coughing for a moment, “w-what?! How could you-” she coughed again.

I sighed, “I clearly have no idea what you’re talking about, perhaps you should explain.”

There was a moment of silence for all the brain cells that died in this interaction.

“Well, I think I know what culture shock feels like.” Reias said, “it’s like water in my freaking lungs.” She coughed again and set down the offending cup.

Also me, still writing:

"I already went through it all in my head, there’s nothing you can say that will change anything that I’m going to do."

“If you paint Teisel’s roof neon pink, she’ll hate you even more.”