You have so much of everything but still you wanted more
Her responding smile was a little surprised and perhaps a touch sheepish. "I don't mind the sand, this is just more fun. I like being high up." Closer to the stars. As if to demonstrate, she reached up, up and grabbed for the stars that seemed to hang just above her fingertips. But no matter how she tried, they remained out of reach.
Seeing as Sah was making himself comfortable however, she soon dropped down on her feet, and came over to slump down next to him. The sand was soft and silky to the touch, pure white and gleaming softly in the gentle starlight. No pebbles or impurities existed to cause abrasions, and all the items seemed gathered up along the shores. Perhaps some digging might uncover a treasure or two, but for the most part the sweeping dunes were free of debris.
"Correct," she nodded, about his guess on the purpose of the portals. "I promised mother I would never use the Voice's ones again, and this was the alternative." Since she was too restless to simply sit still in one place, and already scared her father to pieces by disappearing on an adventure that became far longer than planned.
Pink cheeked and a little flustered under that soft smile of his, the girl kept her eyes turned down, on her own hands as she sifted sand into pyramids. "What's not to trust?" she mumbled. "You've only been nice to me... even when you shouldn't have. It's the least I can do." Not exactly a choice; it just happened before she knew it. Like that first letter, and pretty much everything that involved this strange boy from the woods.
"It's another dimension," she went on to explain, rather rushed so she wouldn't embarrass herself any further. "Not... entirely mother's realm, but also not wholly separate either. I'm not sure I can explain in a way that makes sense... It is the place where I put things, though." If they searched long enough, they might be able to find some strips of the peppermint bark they had collected that day.
"Oh... dad told you about that? Mh... I don't think its the same. Similar perhaps - I suspect Mother made something just for him and Vanya though."
Digging her fingers deeper into the sand, they came across something solid. Unearthing it, Seren discovered it to be a seashell. Pink and pretty, a perfect comb with a mother-of-pearl sheen on the inside; smiling, she offered it to Sah.
"I used to roam the beaches of Torchline every day, when I was little," she said softly. "We lived outside of the city, so there weren't any children for me to play with, and my fathers were often busy. I either spent the days playing with our neighbors companion, Haai, or went hunting for treasure, pirates and mermaids, and the occasional unicorn or dragon... It depended on the weather."
Seeing as Sah was making himself comfortable however, she soon dropped down on her feet, and came over to slump down next to him. The sand was soft and silky to the touch, pure white and gleaming softly in the gentle starlight. No pebbles or impurities existed to cause abrasions, and all the items seemed gathered up along the shores. Perhaps some digging might uncover a treasure or two, but for the most part the sweeping dunes were free of debris.
"Correct," she nodded, about his guess on the purpose of the portals. "I promised mother I would never use the Voice's ones again, and this was the alternative." Since she was too restless to simply sit still in one place, and already scared her father to pieces by disappearing on an adventure that became far longer than planned.
Pink cheeked and a little flustered under that soft smile of his, the girl kept her eyes turned down, on her own hands as she sifted sand into pyramids. "What's not to trust?" she mumbled. "You've only been nice to me... even when you shouldn't have. It's the least I can do." Not exactly a choice; it just happened before she knew it. Like that first letter, and pretty much everything that involved this strange boy from the woods.
"It's another dimension," she went on to explain, rather rushed so she wouldn't embarrass herself any further. "Not... entirely mother's realm, but also not wholly separate either. I'm not sure I can explain in a way that makes sense... It is the place where I put things, though." If they searched long enough, they might be able to find some strips of the peppermint bark they had collected that day.
"Oh... dad told you about that? Mh... I don't think its the same. Similar perhaps - I suspect Mother made something just for him and Vanya though."
Digging her fingers deeper into the sand, they came across something solid. Unearthing it, Seren discovered it to be a seashell. Pink and pretty, a perfect comb with a mother-of-pearl sheen on the inside; smiling, she offered it to Sah.
"I used to roam the beaches of Torchline every day, when I was little," she said softly. "We lived outside of the city, so there weren't any children for me to play with, and my fathers were often busy. I either spent the days playing with our neighbors companion, Haai, or went hunting for treasure, pirates and mermaids, and the occasional unicorn or dragon... It depended on the weather."
Seren
