( a solid poker face and the solid building blocks of life experience are both useful things when perpetually facing the unknown so, while clarke may side-eye initially, it's not an unkind sort of appraisal on her features. and when ruby recaps the information she'd just shared, there's a business-like nod on clarke's end — there's really no other way to approach this other than bluntly, and it's refreshing for a newcomer not to blanch and balk at the idea.

but it's the talk of auras that really snags her attention. a flicker of surprise dances across clarke's pinched features before she can think to smooth it out. and she's suddenly looking at ruby with a newfound interest, like the other girl may have new information to offer about their situation. )

...I've heard he sees our souls in "shrimp colors". Bright, colorful blotches, but nothing special from one person to the next. Vampires, augmented humans, normal humans, gods, and even robots look the same to him.

Why? How does it work in your world?