You made yourself a bed
At the bottom of the blackest hole
At the bottom of the blackest hole
The seer listened contemplatively, her dark eyes unreadable as she watched Maea wash off her foot and shove it back into her shoe. She made a mental note to learn more about the Ancients - all she knew was rumor, at best, and she should be the first to know that rumors were often untrue. And, more often than not, cruel. So she thought about Maea's declaration that they owed one another nothing, and while that was strictly true, Alys had not come so far in the past year by avoiding chances to get to know strangers.
"There was a year that my family fell on hard times. There was a bad harvest or something, so they didn't have as much to sell, and there wasn't as much coin coming in. My grandparents blamed me. I had magic, and that meant I was tainted, and they were convinced that the gods were punishing us all for my sins." She couldn't help but curl her lip at that last word. "I was eight."
She paused to consider her words. "Sometimes we can't help what we're born with or what we're made into or what the people around us think of us, but... I wouldn't be where I am now if everyone I'd met had walked away from me." She thought of Tal, and Ru, and Deimos, and their unquestioned acceptance of everything she was. Then she shrugged. Extending a hand only worked if the other person was willing to take it. "Just... something to think about."
"There was a year that my family fell on hard times. There was a bad harvest or something, so they didn't have as much to sell, and there wasn't as much coin coming in. My grandparents blamed me. I had magic, and that meant I was tainted, and they were convinced that the gods were punishing us all for my sins." She couldn't help but curl her lip at that last word. "I was eight."
She paused to consider her words. "Sometimes we can't help what we're born with or what we're made into or what the people around us think of us, but... I wouldn't be where I am now if everyone I'd met had walked away from me." She thought of Tal, and Ru, and Deimos, and their unquestioned acceptance of everything she was. Then she shrugged. Extending a hand only worked if the other person was willing to take it. "Just... something to think about."
And convinced yourself that
It's not the reason you don't see the sun anymore
It's not the reason you don't see the sun anymore
Alys
Minor powerplay allowed without permission.
Feel free to use force/magic on Alys.
Feel free to use force/magic on Alys.
