<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>Norman Black<br/><br/>She couldn't help but appreciate how he instantly came to her defense.  "Well, they don't make me, but..."  She considers for a few moments, looking for the right way to explain.  "It's like...you probably get the same thing, but, you know how if people don't even want to talk to you, they're generally not worth talking to to begin with?  I worked really hard as a kid, trying to fit in with the 'In' crowd, and..."  Her left hand gestured her dismissal of such social necessities.<br/><br/>His introduction got a faint giggle, and she let herself lean back, splaying out in the seat in a position which would probably have been more comfortable if she just kicked up her legs over the seat in front of them.  Formality aside, it seemed she didn't quite have the carefree desire to completely abandon decorum - at least, not here in Elysium.<br/><br/>"One of the ideas I was playing with for the Cat's Eye was the online idea, webcams and all that," she said.  "I don't know enough about it, and so far, I'm not really sure it'd be worthwhile.  There's a lot of people who can't come by, though, for one reason or another."<br/><br/>His question of why she helped brought some consideration to her eyes, a finger gently stroking some of the strands of her hair as she thought.  It was nice to hear a question from someone who wanted to get to know more about her, even if some concepts took time to put properly into words.  "Because we're all trapped by the past," she said.  "The night is scary, and everyone is scared.  When you can live forever but anything can go wrong, people get afraid to reach out at all.  It..."  She pauses for a moment, considering, then shakes her head.  "No.  That's not it."  A gentle sigh escapes her lips.  "It's because I want to prove I'm not some scary snake in the grass who wants to tempt people with all scary seductions in order to..."  Her fingers circle in the air, grasping for a word that refuses to be forthcoming.  "Well, to do whatever it is that makes sex bad and scary.  I like to think it's to help out, but...maybe I do just like to fit in and make friends."<br/><br/>Her eyes drift off to the edge of the stage as the stare of a thousand thoughts briefly overtakes her jovial demeanor.