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Iseult could see that Ci'aran was in a strange mood. Usually he was jovial, easy enough to joke or move through a situation with a smile. Now he brooded and seemed a trace reticient, as if something tugged at him and he was reluctant to discuss it. As he shuffled and nudged at the ground with his foot, staring at the cobblestones like they were the most fascinating things he had ever set eyes on, Iseult folded her arms across her chest and waited for him to say whatever was on his mind.
When it finally came out, she shook her head, breath hissing through her teeth. "Don't be stupid." She didn't elaborate on that, just let the three words hang in the air as she stared at him with green eyes shrouded in black. Her mouth was set firmly, her reservations seemingly evaporated as she stood there. Or perhaps stubborn persistence had managed to win out--on her part and his. She wasn't going to turn her back on him and let him walk into a lion's den with no one at his back. Even if she knew next to nothing of taking care of herself.
In that context it was probably unfair. He'd have to look out for himself and look out for her. Perhaps she should have felt a little guilty, but at the same time Iseult was accustomed to playing the part of mother hen. She didn't intend to let him walk off and continue on with it unless she was too. Even if her reservations about everything made her nervous, her stomach twisting restlessly.
"If something happens to me, you'll still survive. You've survived without knowing me up until now, no reason you can't after...whatever." She sighed, shrugged. Perhaps that was morbid. Or simply realistic. "If you're still going in there, then so am I. That's all there really is to it. I won't be the coward turning her back on a friend because it might be a little risky."
So she kept any of her other fears to herself--and there were plenty--and started walking towards where they were supposed to go. "Come on. No sense in wasting time. Better we get there before they start wondering whether or not we're actually coming."
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