Ophelia
You'll scream out for your father
Ophelia tilts their head back the proper way, curiosity now sated, and shrugs their bare shoulders easily. "Not many come down here. You are correct." They find it rather obvious as to why. Dark, gloomy, hard to swim in the dark - take your pick.
"Noah," they parrot back as if tasting the vowels, committing it to memory. "We did not exchange names. We merely worked." A stated fact, yes, but it's clear they're at least trying to absolve Noah of any guilt or doubt he feels. They just...suck at it. "My name is Ophelia." Emerging from the water, Ophelia extends their hand to shake in a way that makes it plainly obvious they learned this late in life and it clearly isn't natural to them yet despite the eager way they perform it.
Glancing back at the lake now that Noah has brought attention to it, Ophelia shrugs slightly. "It is for me, that is why I come in my Lial form. But Longheat makes it bearable." Turning back to Noah they look him up and down before smiling. "But for you it will be mild." Certainly not warm, but not as frigid as the oceanic waters not far beyond the cavern's mouth. "Why? Did you want to swim?"
"Noah," they parrot back as if tasting the vowels, committing it to memory. "We did not exchange names. We merely worked." A stated fact, yes, but it's clear they're at least trying to absolve Noah of any guilt or doubt he feels. They just...suck at it. "My name is Ophelia." Emerging from the water, Ophelia extends their hand to shake in a way that makes it plainly obvious they learned this late in life and it clearly isn't natural to them yet despite the eager way they perform it.
Glancing back at the lake now that Noah has brought attention to it, Ophelia shrugs slightly. "It is for me, that is why I come in my Lial form. But Longheat makes it bearable." Turning back to Noah they look him up and down before smiling. "But for you it will be mild." Certainly not warm, but not as frigid as the oceanic waters not far beyond the cavern's mouth. "Why? Did you want to swim?"
And in darkness, I pray you never find him again
