Would you care about flowers if they weren't related to your duties?
[She pauses and shakes her head, lips pressed tight, back tensing again.]
No. You don't need to answer, it was out of line.
[It's not her place to judge or pry the interests or disinterests of someone else, much less the affairs of a god. In need of a distraction, Ginia picks up the gladiolus stalk she cut under Shun's direction and pairs it with verbena in mimicry of his arrangement. But she also picks up a fern, placing it within the bunch and seeing how the natural curl of the plant causes it to drape. She places it one way, studies it, then adjusts it slightly, continuing with tiny adjustments until the placement seems right. She places another fern in the arrangement, mirroring it on the other side, the two ferns curving over the verbena and slightly framing it.
Satisfied, she turns it toward Shun and waits for his opinion.]
no subject
[She pauses and shakes her head, lips pressed tight, back tensing again.]
No. You don't need to answer, it was out of line.
[It's not her place to judge or pry the interests or disinterests of someone else, much less the affairs of a god. In need of a distraction, Ginia picks up the gladiolus stalk she cut under Shun's direction and pairs it with verbena in mimicry of his arrangement. But she also picks up a fern, placing it within the bunch and seeing how the natural curl of the plant causes it to drape. She places it one way, studies it, then adjusts it slightly, continuing with tiny adjustments until the placement seems right. She places another fern in the arrangement, mirroring it on the other side, the two ferns curving over the verbena and slightly framing it.
Satisfied, she turns it toward Shun and waits for his opinion.]