Vex is an attractive woman, and she knows it. While she is certainly capable of vanity, it's also just a fact—one she's used to her advantage before, and one she's reminded of when she receives attention both wanted and unwanted in taverns and inns, from other mercenary groups, as she's traveled. It's not exactly that she needs proof that people respond to her face (among other features).
But there's something about the way that Percy specifically looks at her with such stunned appreciation that cuts through years of cynicism. Like he's surprised he has the capacity to be attracted to someone.
There is an honesty to it that doesn't necessarily break down the half-elf's guards, but it does slip around some of them in a way that goes to her core.
It's only a brief hesitation before she offers him the soap, her eyes narrowing in in a genuine smile. "Who am I to turn down a little turnabout?" she says. "Let me say, clean looks good on you."
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Date: 2025-01-20 05:50 pm (UTC)But there's something about the way that Percy specifically looks at her with such stunned appreciation that cuts through years of cynicism. Like he's surprised he has the capacity to be attracted to someone.
There is an honesty to it that doesn't necessarily break down the half-elf's guards, but it does slip around some of them in a way that goes to her core.
It's only a brief hesitation before she offers him the soap, her eyes narrowing in in a genuine smile. "Who am I to turn down a little turnabout?" she says. "Let me say, clean looks good on you."