I (Kinda) Like You Back

"Admit it," Ashera taunts. She's so on the nose, so blatant about it, Alexandria practically wants to scream.

No! She's not falling for a rogue operator from the enemy army, or not even! She's not!

She can't. She won't. She shouldn't. She couldn't. She wouldn't.

But maybe she is.

"Admit what?" she fences back, skillfully driving the electric edge of her Blade out and into Ashera's space and prompting, more even forcing, the lone defender to fall back - without laughing.

Hm. Without laughing. Maybe Alexandria's not so glad about that.

Admit that it's a joke, her mind fills in, unhelpfully.