MAEA
"That's a good stance, I respect it." Maea flashed him a smile. Drunkenness was one thing, but the vice of drugs made her uncomfortable; it was a relief to know that others held similar beliefs.
She waved off the awkward sympathy for her lost item. "Don't worry about it, I'm more annoyed than grieved," Maea assured him. Pausing to let him catch up, she thought back to the impromptu battle that ended with the bone in her possession. "It's longer than I am tall, and weirdly light. Looks like a huge rib bone, really - not something you'd overlook if you saw it." How anyone was hiding it she had no idea; most likely it had already been fashioned into something else or discarded as useless. She had no hopes of ever getting it back.
Sparing a moment to make sure that the spider Tal brushed from his path really only was a regular spider, Maea hummed thoughtfully as she considered his meandering words, and fell in behind the Messenger so that he could choose the path for a while.
"I... no, not really. I know what I used to want... most are things I can't have now. Like moving to Halo, and studying magic, and serving Ludo." Drawing out her chakram to help cut a tangle of fine roots from a section of the tunnel to make passage easier, she shrugged, "I guess I still like reading, and learning new things. Traveling. A friend offered to let me join her healer's guild, so there's that, but none of it really... It doesn't feel like my things, if you know what I mean? Not like this courier thing you're doing, or..." Failing to find another comparison, Maea waved a clawed hand in a general encompassing gesture, hoping he would get the gist anyway.
For all the options she had, and all the things available for her to choose - nothing really spoke to her on a personal level.
She waved off the awkward sympathy for her lost item. "Don't worry about it, I'm more annoyed than grieved," Maea assured him. Pausing to let him catch up, she thought back to the impromptu battle that ended with the bone in her possession. "It's longer than I am tall, and weirdly light. Looks like a huge rib bone, really - not something you'd overlook if you saw it." How anyone was hiding it she had no idea; most likely it had already been fashioned into something else or discarded as useless. She had no hopes of ever getting it back.
Sparing a moment to make sure that the spider Tal brushed from his path really only was a regular spider, Maea hummed thoughtfully as she considered his meandering words, and fell in behind the Messenger so that he could choose the path for a while.
"I... no, not really. I know what I used to want... most are things I can't have now. Like moving to Halo, and studying magic, and serving Ludo." Drawing out her chakram to help cut a tangle of fine roots from a section of the tunnel to make passage easier, she shrugged, "I guess I still like reading, and learning new things. Traveling. A friend offered to let me join her healer's guild, so there's that, but none of it really... It doesn't feel like my things, if you know what I mean? Not like this courier thing you're doing, or..." Failing to find another comparison, Maea waved a clawed hand in a general encompassing gesture, hoping he would get the gist anyway.
For all the options she had, and all the things available for her to choose - nothing really spoke to her on a personal level.
Isn't it lovely, all alone?
Heart made of glass, my mind of stone
Heart made of glass, my mind of stone
