[ It's probably a good thing Cloud doesn't actually ask about any of that, because it's pretty doubtful he'd want to hear the answer an annoyed woman like Lightning would provide.
After all, yes, although she, like most of her (in-canon) buddies, was born with eyelashes almost long and thick enough to brush her hair with... here? Here it doesn't matter, because he obviously was not.
And you know, this also really isn't a practical time like your typical adventurey monster/goon-fighting scenario, in which even a little bit of lip gloss is pretty indulgent. This is a situation in which Dolling Up is necessary. And Lightning, even though Etro help her it's something she does oh so extremely rarely, like everything else she does, takes Dolling Up very. Very. Seriously. ]
Don't do that face. You'll be fine.
[ Well... and then she does tilt her head at him slightly. Maybe she is in fact a little sympathetic. If he turns out too instinctively twitchy at having his eyes messed with, there's not much she can do about it anyway. She lets her voice dip softer, and for her credit, doesn't point the pencil at him before she declares: ]
slooooooowly
After all, yes, although she, like most of her (in-canon) buddies, was born with eyelashes almost long and thick enough to brush her hair with... here? Here it doesn't matter, because he obviously was not.
And you know, this also really isn't a practical time like your typical adventurey monster/goon-fighting scenario, in which even a little bit of lip gloss is pretty indulgent. This is a situation in which Dolling Up is necessary. And Lightning, even though Etro help her it's something she does oh so extremely rarely, like everything else she does, takes Dolling Up very. Very. Seriously. ]
Don't do that face. You'll be fine.
[ Well... and then she does tilt her head at him slightly. Maybe she is in fact a little sympathetic. If he turns out too instinctively twitchy at having his eyes messed with, there's not much she can do about it anyway. She lets her voice dip softer, and for her credit, doesn't point the pencil at him before she declares: ]
Close your eyes.