Earlier, Juliana had been moving through the camp when she spotted Lily and Samael sitting together. From the looks of it, he was trying to comfort her.
…So she immediately changed direction to avoid them.
Look, she wasn't being an asshole!
She had a good reason!
There was only one person in the whole world worse than Samael Kaizer Theosbane when it came to consoling people…
And that was Juliana Vox Blade herself.
No, actually, worse was an understatement.
Instead of consoling, she just intimidated the grieving person into silence and then pretended that counted as emotional support.
A concerned friend was the one mask she never quite learned how to wear properly.
…Okay, that wasn't entirely true. She could play the role. But it required far too much energy, and she wasn't willing to spend any right now.
So she did what any sensible woman with her level of self-awareness would do…
