[you'd think that after being treated as sub-subhuman as long as Hazel had she wouldn't expect people to just go along with her attempts to bully them for no reason other than a childish personality. you'd be...halfway wrong, which is still entirely too wrong for something like this.

part of her wants to rise to that clear challenge on Aerith's face and bolt headlong across that fucking bridge, physical safety and dignity be damned. it's so goddamn hard to wrangle her competitive spirit, especially when the person waving the gauntlet in front of her face is smiling like that...but after a visible struggle she actually manages to get it under control. for now, anyway.]

Like hell you're getting out of dealing with me that fucking easily. They gave us this assignment as a pair and that's how we're ending it.

[also, like, you know. learning more routes around the city is probably beneficial in the long run.]