[SeEv] things my heart used to know

"I do not think you would enjoy it as much as you think," Ludo said with a wry smile that looked perhaps a little strange on Noah's face. He twirled with her and danced and held her as close as her brother would have, had he been alive - memories were precious things, and Ludo was very skilled at mimicry. But then the time came to speak of payment - Ludo's payment to Maea, in truth. "You are not asking for more, sweetling. You are asking for what was promised. That today was good was a happy coincidence - it was not the payment we agreed. However, there is always a price. I can return one sense, but only in exchange for something else." What that something was... it was Maea's choice. Her hearing, her sense of smell, a hand, her fertility, her ability to feel an emotion... Ludo wasn't picky. LUDO Braved the forests, braved the stone Braved the icy winds and fire Braved and beat them on my own