The soft glow of the totem answers Tony's question. It telling doesn't reject him the way it has others. While it's warm to the touch, it's in a more comforting way; like it's spending time with an old friend. They're all fine in there. Well. Mostly. Tomaz is definitely with him on the screaming.
The siblings outside are still all drama though. Behrad sprints over to his sister looking both deeply concerned and maybe a little uncomfortable. The totem reacted to his sister the way it did him once upon a time. It wants to be with her. It recognizes her. He instantly feels insecure about it.
Zari Tarazi is still freaked out. She snaps immediately at Tony. "Oh, I'm sorry! A necklace flew in my hand and I'm supposed to just be cool about it?!" The anger is quickly replaced with fear. Zari looks down at the necklace. It's like she's no longer in the room anymore. Her gaze is devoid of anything because even without touching the totem, the connection between the two women draws Zari in to experience a life she never lived.
She can hear herself shouting that it's her totem. For a brief second, she sees a pale woman who looks possessed snarling angrily at her. The scene shifts again. She sees a beautiful African woman at her side. She feels such love towards this perfect stranger as she explains it's like Behrad is with her again. Her heart is suddenly heavy with grief, guilt, and longing so powerful it could destroy her where she stands if she let it.
"Behrad..." It doesn't sound like her. The voice is too deep and harsh. Zari Tarazi doesn't have a reason to sound so devastated while speaking her brother's name.
Whatever connection going in is quickly broken by her younger brother grabbing onto her shoulder because yeah this is getting freaky for him. "Right here, Z." His sister glances at him in open relief and falls into an unusual silence afterward.
Behrad keeps holding onto her shoulder protectively as his sister sorts through something he doesn't understand any more than she does. "So you found the family heirloom, huh? That's cool. I think it likes you." It all sounds very friendly, but there's a tense undercurrent as Behrad tries to figure out if they're in danger here and from what exactly.
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The siblings outside are still all drama though. Behrad sprints over to his sister looking both deeply concerned and maybe a little uncomfortable. The totem reacted to his sister the way it did him once upon a time. It wants to be with her. It recognizes her. He instantly feels insecure about it.
Zari Tarazi is still freaked out. She snaps immediately at Tony. "Oh, I'm sorry! A necklace flew in my hand and I'm supposed to just be cool about it?!" The anger is quickly replaced with fear. Zari looks down at the necklace. It's like she's no longer in the room anymore. Her gaze is devoid of anything because even without touching the totem, the connection between the two women draws Zari in to experience a life she never lived.
She can hear herself shouting that it's her totem. For a brief second, she sees a pale woman who looks possessed snarling angrily at her. The scene shifts again. She sees a beautiful African woman at her side. She feels such love towards this perfect stranger as she explains it's like Behrad is with her again. Her heart is suddenly heavy with grief, guilt, and longing so powerful it could destroy her where she stands if she let it.
"Behrad..." It doesn't sound like her. The voice is too deep and harsh. Zari Tarazi doesn't have a reason to sound so devastated while speaking her brother's name.
Whatever connection going in is quickly broken by her younger brother grabbing onto her shoulder because yeah this is getting freaky for him. "Right here, Z." His sister glances at him in open relief and falls into an unusual silence afterward.
Behrad keeps holding onto her shoulder protectively as his sister sorts through something he doesn't understand any more than she does. "So you found the family heirloom, huh? That's cool. I think it likes you." It all sounds very friendly, but there's a tense undercurrent as Behrad tries to figure out if they're in danger here and from what exactly.