<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/01/1314109481901.jpg)</div><strong>Joanna Kyleson (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=199856.msg9761793#msg9761793) - Follower of Set<br/>Appearance 3 - Status 1 - Blush of Health<br/>Tagging:</strong>Barir bin Yasha<br/><br/>For several moments, she was simply struck dumb by his comments, either not sure how to respond or perhaps fighting the urge to do what came next.  "It's because I'm a Follower of Set, isn't it?"  Her smile vanished as her voice went cold, staring at him.  "You figure just because we have a reputation, that we..."  Her hands trembled as they balled up into fists, and she took a deep breath, closing her eyes.<br/><br/>By the time she opened her eyes once more, the anger had faded, and her smile returned, though it was obviously painted on.  Her words still sounded pained.  "I'm not your personal plaything, all right?"  She stared back into his eyes with more focus, as if demanding his attention this time even if she had no way to enforce it.  "Maybe girls where you're from are used to being treated that way, but it's really not very nice.  Think about it: why would I rescue you from Angelique and then try to scoop you up myself?  Do you think I'm that competitive that I have some..."  She gestured aimlessly with her hands.  "...some sort of, tally, or something where I try to snatch everyone up?"<br/><br/>After the outburst, her smile came back with less of the angry stare.  "I'm sorry; I shouldn't be so hard on you.  This place has to be really strange as you're trying to adjust to everything.  Just...there's a lot of girls at my club who are working their way through college and have never even considered doing things.  I still dance there to show them that I'm not somehow 'above' it all, and because I don't want them to be ashamed even if they are.  I had one girl burst into tears last week after..."  Whatever she was going to describe, she cut herself off.  "Why am I bothering you with all this?"<br/><br/>Her right hand had gone back into a fist at some point.  She glanced down for a moment and let it relax.