Maea
Rest against my pillow
like the aging winter sun
like the aging winter sun
Arching a sceptical brow at Alys at the half-lie, Maea watched her fetch the shoe in silence. Accepting it quietly, the gazed at it in her hand for a moment, contemplating the time where simply being near an Ascended had made her heart race. She had hurt a friend badly by taking so long to accept him. Struggled daily still with her inability to love herself for making the choice to ascend. That she wasn't anymore was something Maea had yet to fully internalize.
"It's okay to be afraid," she mumbled. Balancing on one leg, the rain washed mud and dirt from her foot, and the waited until it was clean before putting the shoe back on. "Maybe you should be, at least a bit. I don't know much about myself, either. I wasn't born like this... and I'm still learning what to make of it." Glancing at Alys, she was relieved to find that the itch beneath her skin was fading. Not gone entirely, but manageable. Drawing air into her lungs, her breath steamed in the cool air; too cold for her taste, which was weird - she'd been perfectly content in Halo weather, once.
"You don't owe me anything, though. So if it becomes too much, I wouldn't blame anyone for walking away." They were nothing but strangers in the street. What difference would it make if this was the last time they ever spoke? She didn't expect anything, didn't want anything from Alys - they just happened to be in the same place at the same time. Talking about the weather.
"It's okay to be afraid," she mumbled. Balancing on one leg, the rain washed mud and dirt from her foot, and the waited until it was clean before putting the shoe back on. "Maybe you should be, at least a bit. I don't know much about myself, either. I wasn't born like this... and I'm still learning what to make of it." Glancing at Alys, she was relieved to find that the itch beneath her skin was fading. Not gone entirely, but manageable. Drawing air into her lungs, her breath steamed in the cool air; too cold for her taste, which was weird - she'd been perfectly content in Halo weather, once.
"You don't owe me anything, though. So if it becomes too much, I wouldn't blame anyone for walking away." They were nothing but strangers in the street. What difference would it make if this was the last time they ever spoke? She didn't expect anything, didn't want anything from Alys - they just happened to be in the same place at the same time. Talking about the weather.
Only wake each morning to
remember that you're gone
remember that you're gone
