[The temper starts to settle as quickly as it had flared, though she doesn't quite switch tracks as fast as Horatio. Still slightly smoothing ruffled feathers, Celeste purses her lips-]
I have no intent of harming your bottom line, have no fear.
[Dry, but lacking in any sort of humor or sarcasm that would hide the hidden truth lurking behind that statement. She waves a lazy, graceful hand to dismiss the subject.]
But no, that was just part of the stakes in the first place. If I had won his soul would have been forfeit. I was just trying to throw him off his game, it was an honest effort.
[Because she said she didn't intend to die permanently. Which was true. It didn't mean she hasn't been trying to stay alive either. Celeste had chosen those words carefully, to hide behind them similar to how Five was hiding from her now.]
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Date: 2021-07-29 05:14 pm (UTC)I have no intent of harming your bottom line, have no fear.
[Dry, but lacking in any sort of humor or sarcasm that would hide the hidden truth lurking behind that statement. She waves a lazy, graceful hand to dismiss the subject.]
But no, that was just part of the stakes in the first place. If I had won his soul would have been forfeit. I was just trying to throw him off his game, it was an honest effort.
[Because she said she didn't intend to die permanently. Which was true. It didn't mean she hasn't been trying to stay alive either. Celeste had chosen those words carefully, to hide behind them similar to how Five was hiding from her now.]