Clinton Francis Barton || Artemischampion

Clint moved quietly up next to the figure on the roof top. He gazed out over the city to the unnaturally bright moon in the sky. The air felt a bit cooler and crisper than it should for a spring night. There was a weight in the air. Like the pause before a storm. Had it been anyone else Clint would have been tense, ready to strike or bolt but it was Her. 

He glaced at her from the corner of his eye. 

She looked like a wild animal in a barely stitched together costume of a human. There were deep shadows under her eyes, her skin was a bit pale and she was so thin she looked just this side of malnourished. But her eyes were predatory silver. Her hair was loose around her ears and shoulders and half fell into her face. Her clothes were faded and mottled and looked like they would disappear into the night shadows in a forest. But a deep, ancient power seemed to coil in every inch of her, like a barely controlled force of nature. 

He felt so small, so very human, in her presence. 

She flicked her attention to him briefly. Less looking at him and more like the flick of an ear of a big cat or a wolf. 

"Hows it feel?" He asked quietly, looking back towards the moon. 

She drew in a deep, slow breath then let it out in a sigh. "... new.... but familiar..."

Clint hummed. 

She was quiet for a moment... then.... 

"...they adopted my name."

"They remembered." Clint offered quietly, "Somewhere in them some part of them remembered." 

She hummed again. A gruff sound but there was some undertone of begruding approval. It made Clint smile, just a bit and he turned his attention back towards the moon. 

"I make no promises." She said suddenly, voice that low growl that echoed of the savagery of nature itself. "I cannot." 

"I know. Its not in your nature." Clint dipped his head respectfully. 

"... but they carry my name so they have my blessing." Her moon silver eyes softened as she looked up in the lunar light. 

Clint hummed a quiet approval, tucking his hands into his pockets, silently sending his own hope up towards the stars. 

"...I'm hungry." She grumbled. 

"C'mon. I have steaks in the fridge." He turned and headed towards tge roof acess door. She hesitated a moment, sending a last look towards her domain before Artemis turned and followed her champion.