[ Point proven, though right now Lightning's way beyond going over that any more at the moment. Usually, she's on top of things enough that it's notably difficult to cause her genuine shock, but... that's certainly what's happened here now. Silently, her hand pulls off Hope's shoulder to go right for his wrist instead, catching it in a firm grip for proper staring at. Her thumb slides over the skin the Brand marks.
It's real, definitely. ]
Your Brand...
[ Immediately, her mind shoots to how-- how they'd managed something like that, when it had taken her a trip down losing her humanity and dying to gain the same effect, but at the same time, relief so strong she can feel it washing through her in waves hits her, running up and down her spine and filling her head with quiet static.
It's hard to be very pessimistic. That seemingly endless, almost crippling stress she's been under for months and months...? Yeah, it was just nullified almost in entirety. ]
[action!]
It's real, definitely. ]
Your Brand...
[ Immediately, her mind shoots to how-- how they'd managed something like that, when it had taken her a trip down losing her humanity and dying to gain the same effect, but at the same time, relief so strong she can feel it washing through her in waves hits her, running up and down her spine and filling her head with quiet static.
It's hard to be very pessimistic. That seemingly endless, almost crippling stress she's been under for months and months...? Yeah, it was just nullified almost in entirety. ]