MAEA
It truly came from nowhere, that panic. Blinding, a keen of some high pitched noise in her ears while all her thoughts narrowed into singularity. Images like crackled porcelain and broken windows and doors left open to the elements kept pelting her, whispering that she broke it, she broke it, it was happening all over again and it was her fault. It didn't seem to matter that she hated herself for falling apart, she still couldn't bring the shoulders down or raise her head properly.
"I'm so-" She swayed back from his hand at first, but then it connected with her shoulder, and the stream of apologies cut off. Breathing... it didn't do much. Well, it kept her quiet, so perhaps that was enough. But she did as she was told anyway. Drew in breath. Let it out. If only the influx of oxygen would burn away the leaden guilt in her gut. But it lay there, heavy and unmoving even as Amun reassured her.
Even though he was the one who needed it.
Maea nodded. A short, jerky motion, too quick and far too much like the nervous toss of some wild horse's head. "I... I should have asked first," she mumbled. Couldn't quite meet his eyes, though she tried. She really tried. "I'm sorry. It's what - how I always do. Apply enough logic until it's not personal anymore. But you didn't ask for that."
Presumptuous. Hasty. Inconsiderate. It was a miracle anything stayed intact once she'd come close enough to touch it.
"I'm so-" She swayed back from his hand at first, but then it connected with her shoulder, and the stream of apologies cut off. Breathing... it didn't do much. Well, it kept her quiet, so perhaps that was enough. But she did as she was told anyway. Drew in breath. Let it out. If only the influx of oxygen would burn away the leaden guilt in her gut. But it lay there, heavy and unmoving even as Amun reassured her.
Even though he was the one who needed it.
Maea nodded. A short, jerky motion, too quick and far too much like the nervous toss of some wild horse's head. "I... I should have asked first," she mumbled. Couldn't quite meet his eyes, though she tried. She really tried. "I'm sorry. It's what - how I always do. Apply enough logic until it's not personal anymore. But you didn't ask for that."
Presumptuous. Hasty. Inconsiderate. It was a miracle anything stayed intact once she'd come close enough to touch it.
Light is easy to love
Show me your darkness
Show me your darkness
BASE INSPIRED BY ODD <3
