Planeside 3

[Ironsmith]

[Scorching Depths]

Well, of course she's not.

But Braon puts on a shaky, half-sincere smile anyway. "...Better." She concedes. "That was just... surprisingly brutal." Seeing Sekhmet shift through three different forms in as many minutes probably wasn't helping her comprehension of the subject, either.

Then again, Sekhmet in general had left her incredibly confused. During their first encounter, she seemed to have all the confidence of a rain-soaked kitten. Then she got borderline murderous when Braon mentioned her raid. Then she brought Braon to a literal hellscape, both to heal and imprison her, when she brought back the demon queen's father, unprompted. Now suddenly she sympathized with her?

A psychologically healthy person could probably sort that all out. But to Braon, Sekhmet's motives were still frighteningly opaque. At least she had something to fall back on now if things ever got too weird.

...Though come to think of it, she might be able to figure out her captor a little better if she just asked her about herself.

"...Why did you help me?"