[ Mayhaps she should have expected that. Trees, after all, should not move...except for the ones that do, and those are often of ill-temperament at their best.
Despite the ability to shift that branch, she is a tree so no sound comes from her boughs at the scream. But she hears it in the way that it vibrates through the air, echoing in the wood of her trunk. Water, blood, whatever it is that flows through her resonates with it. She stays frozen in place, the rough image of the girl shifting and pulling away.
Slowly the size of the tree begins to dwindle, the flowers pooling together and moving upwards along the tendrils of leaves, taking the shape of hair instead. The branch that had reached out shifts into an arm and, after a moment, the shape of a woman (not fully human) in local garb takes shape. ]
...-orry!
[ Talking too soon before her vocal chords had fully returned. She raises both her hands up in a "surrender" position. ]
I'm unarmed, I promise.
[ Gods, the girl is in a panic, isn't she? Wielding that branch like a sword. A panic that Himeka herself had caused when she clearly just needed a moment alone. Good job, that. ]
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Despite the ability to shift that branch, she is a tree so no sound comes from her boughs at the scream. But she hears it in the way that it vibrates through the air, echoing in the wood of her trunk. Water, blood, whatever it is that flows through her resonates with it. She stays frozen in place, the rough image of the girl shifting and pulling away.
Slowly the size of the tree begins to dwindle, the flowers pooling together and moving upwards along the tendrils of leaves, taking the shape of hair instead. The branch that had reached out shifts into an arm and, after a moment, the shape of a woman (not fully human) in local garb takes shape. ]
...-orry!
[ Talking too soon before her vocal chords had fully returned. She raises both her hands up in a "surrender" position. ]
I'm unarmed, I promise.
[ Gods, the girl is in a panic, isn't she? Wielding that branch like a sword. A panic that Himeka herself had caused when she clearly just needed a moment alone. Good job, that. ]