@temptisms, you─ ─you really make it sound like that's supposed to be, ..easy. [finding humor within the seriousness of their words, her lips twitch, then curl upwards into a breathy laugh; surprised, airy in disbelief. she brushes a hand back through her hair, a few dried strands sticking together from old blood and sweat. quite lovely, isn't it?] it's not, or else i'd be living happily ever after.. but we can't always get what we wish for, hm?