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Another eyebrow rose, partially out of surprise, mostly genuinely entertainted by his confidence. Even if he seemingly preferred to linger in the shadows rather than going for a direct approach, Kurtis has always been direct and honest when it came to his words. A little too much, one could argue. After all, she wasn't used to have her teasings thrown back at her.

Which make things a little more interesting in one hand, a little more complicated in the other, for reasons she'd much rather not think too much about. She's barely used to have co-workers on her side. Companions. Let alone friends. Something else, however? More? That's risky.

Lara lets out a chuckle, much closer to a scoff than a laugh under her breath, and leans back once more, making space between the two. Are we having second thoughts, miss Croft? Or maybe we're just... overthinking this?

"Aren't you a charmer.", she smiles. Backing off, lifting walls, but still giving him a chance to tear down a brick or two "Do tell. Those one-liners ever worked, for you?"

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( 🤝 + 27: as a suggestion, between you-know-who. )

Things can change quite a bit, in a handful of years.

After way too many fiascos while working with - or for - someone, Lara decided that she'd much rather walk solo. Take her time, face the horrors and the traps by herself.

Then why did she bring Kurtis with her, this time?

It was a fairly simple trip, as far as she was concerned, enough to make her consider not bringing a compass just to spice things up a bit.

Maybe, that's the reason.

Show him that her life isn't just research, deadly traps and taking down evil organizations, sometimes she can appreciate a simple walk in the park... as long as said park was a long abandoned temple deep in a Thailand rainforest, anyway.

Or she simply wasn't sure what would've happened if she left him and Winston alone for too much time.

Stopping the rented jeep but a few inches from the umpteenth barely missed tree, Lara takes her time to still appreciate the AC while checking her surroundings, allowing her last minute companion to... probably thank someone, up there, that they didn't crash and burn just yet, grabbing onto her shoulder with a little bit of tension.

That's enough to make her chuckle. Is that his own, cool way to tell her to stop constantly pressing on the accelerator?

That one's a bit tricky, because Rayman's height in canon has been pretty inconsistent. However, according to Michel Ancel (his creator), he stands 1.6 meters (5'2") tall, so...

[ HOOHHHH BOY HERE GOES!!! ]

Lara not being able to drive a car very well, if not at all prior to AoD; idk why it's so important to me, but i really like it a lot and i find it so. simple yet fun;;;

Lara being bisexual, and the fact that she can be quite open with her sexuality

Lara being the one who eventually cut off completely her parents, and echoing Laraboot's "I'm not that kind of Croft" in a completely opposite way

AoD being, after all, a game about growing and learn to live with traumasn and making connections, about a woman who always worked alone and that ended up isolating herself and, at her lowest point, finding herself forced to accept help and befriend people

[ backstory ; ACCEPTING ]

"That's my aunt."

She speaks calmly, appearing behind Kurtis seemingly out of nowhere, her eyes directed towards the painting above the fireplace in the library. She decided to put it there only recently, unsure of where, exactly, she would've liked to be remembered.

"This house was hers." Lara continues after a few seconds, her arms crossed, standing on his side "She was nice enough to let me live here after I had a... discussion with my parents. ...and then bought it properly when my first book sold well."

A cheeky remark, a humble brag, maybe - but even if she'd rather avoid resorting to those, most of the time, this one was necessary to drop the family subject before he asked anything else. It's much better than getting nostalgic about Margaret, God bless her soul, or talk about her parents. She wouldn't call herself sad about the whole ordeal, she's mostly...

...salty?

...let's go with that.

Blinking, she finally turns to the man, meeting a look that seemed to be between confusion, surprise and skepticism, and with a smirk she turns to a shelf behind them, pointing at it with her head.

"It's the red one. I can't say I'm fond of the way I wrote back then, but I guess everyone's their own worst critic.

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