Alys stared into her teacup. It was warm against her fingers, but any heat from the cup seemed to dissipate into nothing. She hadn't been able to get warm ever since their unwelcome adventure. It was like their fear had been melded into her bones, the chill a bone-deep thing that she just couldn't shake. She'd seen illusions. She controlled illusions.
Those plants hadn't given them an illusion. They'd given them a promise.
Alys shivered again, setting down her teacup before it could rattle in her hands. She looked up at Tal, so close and so warm and so alive, and leaned into him all the harder, as though physical closeness could reassure her. Clearly her eyes could be tricked. But maybe the rest of her couldn't be - not when they were pressed so tightly together that she could have sworn she felt his heart beat.
"Then we prepare," she said softly. "As best we can. I don't want to be helpless, either. And I don't want to live in fear."
Those plants hadn't given them an illusion. They'd given them a promise.
Alys shivered again, setting down her teacup before it could rattle in her hands. She looked up at Tal, so close and so warm and so alive, and leaned into him all the harder, as though physical closeness could reassure her. Clearly her eyes could be tricked. But maybe the rest of her couldn't be - not when they were pressed so tightly together that she could have sworn she felt his heart beat.
"Then we prepare," she said softly. "As best we can. I don't want to be helpless, either. And I don't want to live in fear."
Alys
Minor powerplay allowed without permission.
Feel free to use force/magic on Alys.
Feel free to use force/magic on Alys.
