[ somewhere between her absolute failure of a compliment and jacen's similarly unfortunate attempt as small talk, reyna realizes she should have walked away ten minutes ago. should have just taken her treats and left, maybe distract guido with her own donut to make the trip to camp half-blood a little longer, just so she had more than enough time to swallow down her embarrassment.
but now not only is he attempting to carry on the conversation (however stilted and awkward it might be), he's also turned his attention back to her "pet." without even looking, she's absolutely certain the pegasus is pawing impatiently at the ground for his donut. ]
He... yes. [ reyna ramírez-arellano, daugther of bellona, sister of the queen of the amazons, praetor of the twelfth legion, master of pokerfaces, cannot even hide her wince at that. she'd faced down giants and titans and orion the hunter himself, but here finds her weakness in a cute boy whom she can't even manage to hold a real conversation with. she can just imagine hylla laughing at her right now. ]
It's a bad habit he picked up from a friend. [ ... ] From a dog park. [ because he's. he's a dog. yes. ]
c:!! somebody pls help these losers
but now not only is he attempting to carry on the conversation (however stilted and awkward it might be), he's also turned his attention back to her "pet." without even looking, she's absolutely certain the pegasus is pawing impatiently at the ground for his donut. ]
He... yes. [ reyna ramírez-arellano, daugther of bellona, sister of the queen of the amazons, praetor of the twelfth legion, master of pokerfaces, cannot even hide her wince at that. she'd faced down giants and titans and orion the hunter himself, but here finds her weakness in a cute boy whom she can't even manage to hold a real conversation with. she can just imagine hylla laughing at her right now. ]
It's a bad habit he picked up from a friend. [ ... ] From a dog park. [ because he's. he's a dog. yes. ]