Sulochana should never take up poker. Her face is like gazing at one of those ancient bath mosaics that captures the major stories of a saint's life. Just piece after piece laid out so clearly in a nice clear line, each piece of the story in a perfect frieze. 

It's a pity that the story she was telling was so pained. Not even wrong. Just...she yearned so hard. Like Aadya yearned so hard. Like Juni...no actually Juni used to yearn like that but she found something else and now all her yearning was narrowed and different and that was really beautiful. But Suli hadn't gotten there. She might, she might find that special something with Hazel, and Yuki wanted to support her. But then Suli also wanted to be selfish and greedy and the feeling of her need overwhelmed a moment that was supposed to be for Yuki, sent her mind hurtling into its own set of contemplations. 

But then, most of the time, Yuki's a much better poker player than Suli is. She's a dexterous girl, too, and she'd done the classic vulnerable girl pool shark routine right out of the gate until everyone in her high school knew not to mess with her (or found it funny to let it happen to someone new) so she understood the feeling Suli was feeling. It wasn't wrong either, and well, there's only so much a vulnerable girl can take before she decides that she's not going to get what she wants and gets back to playing the game.  

Lucky for Yuki then that the moment of kitten cuddles and snake snuggles passed so quickly like the beautiful dream it was. And Eclair's not the only one putting her mask back on. There would be time later to talk about Eclair's heart. The heart that Yuki had seen. The heart that screamed in pain in the middle of what should have been the coolest duel in the universe. But you don't rip the heart out of someone who just put on a mask. And there would be time later. Yuki would find the time. That's the conclusion. She's going to force time to her will and will make the time. She will make the time to get Purnima Karn-Pana somewhere better, and she'll find the time to help Suli get where she needs to be, and when Aadya crashes out, she'll land somewhere and Yuki will find her and comfort her. And at the end...well...it will work out or it won't and she'll just have to see how it goes. 

Her tail flicks exactly once, sharp and prim. "Yes, sword lessons in a hotel room. We'll have to let the ball sort itself out because I am not passing up this opportunity for sword lessons. I need to do something different with my heart blade. The axe is great, but I need defense, and something faster, and I saw the Khatun draw a dagger from a heartbow and it was magical. I didn't come to Thellamie to NOT learn how to draw out a heart knife on command."

She turns to Suli and grins and it is a genuine grin that hits her eyes because the key to a good poker face is to really feel what you're selling. It's a genuine grin, it's real and it's kind and this is Yuki, it's just not all of Yuki because the other part of her that cried for Aadya is too tired to keep crying out for something she's not going to get right now. "Thank you for coming Suli. It means more than you'll know. And...take my word for it that the [i]Mystery Builder whose identity nobody knows[/i] is not a criminal and is not a threat to Civelia or the faun or, I think, anybody except maybe one person, but that's a secret." She gives her cutest wink, and follows that up with a quick hug for Suli before she gathers up her silver dress in her arms and beckons all three of them to exit, leaving the sauna cool and empty.