Hinako Kirishima
@demonspade64
@TheHangedMan
“I-I’m fine Coralia. Thank you for helping me. I much appreciate the kindness of strangers,” Hinako told the fish-lady. It was clear by her observations that she had some sort of magical control over water or something along those lines. Or perhaps it was merely bubbles? Either way, she had easily dispatched the brutish man whom had committed a crime most heinous in his heavy-handed manner.
Hinako was someone who had pride in herself. Pride in her previous “occupation”. Pride in her tails. Though she was prideful in herself, she did still consider the perspective of others in her actions, and often acted in the interest of those she cares of or what she believes is right.
In reality though, perhaps Hinako had overreacted to the touching of her ears and tail, but to a Kitsune, those aspects of her were similar to groping one’s chest or something akin to that. Her reaction was likely justified, though she did tell the other that he could touch her tail and ears, it was intended as a joke. Perhaps if she looked at it from that perspective, she was just as much in the wrong as Edward was ignorant about the mechanism behind the Kitsune. Even the gods can get ashamed.
“I-I see you have learned your l-lessen. W-Well if you are truly sorry about what you did then I shall forgive you.” Hinako stammered at the man while covering her mouth with her hand and looking off to the side, still clearly flustered by his previous actions, but clearly trying to recover a bit of her dignified aura she had displayed in their initial meeting. It was not as if she disliked the individual for what he had done. It was merely something that she felt came out of the blue. Of course, she did offer to let him touch her ears and tails, but she did feel that her sarcastic, sassy tone might indicate the constitute for a joke.
But even if her words seemed dignified, the words of Edward did happen to make Hinako a bit happier than she would let on with her speech. He said he could “see the appeal”. Did that mean that he believed her to have some sort of appeal? Of course, as a girl, that did make Hinako happy. Even if it was simple lust over her appearance, it wasn’t like getting compliments was a bad thing. But even if her speech was somewhat coarse, her tails and ears swayed with joy and embarrassment.
Perhaps a normal person would realize that her actions that she considered joking were what led to this situation and that responsibility was also her burden and thus should apologize for messing with him, but considering Hinako’s somewhat prideful nature, that likely was not going to happen.
“You should still be more considerate of others. idiot.”