Maea
Oh, when the world is burning
Even with layers and layers of velvet, silk and wool between herself and the rest of the world, the hug warmed her. Doing her best to return it despite her much shorter arms, she came away with a flush in her cheeks and a face that didn't quite know how to function anymore; a little awkward, plenty sheepish and entirely happy.
"We can probably avoid that," she smiled, and stole a lick of fire from the pyre to bring along. "Care for some company? I was just about to go find something more to eat. I made the mistake of hosting a ball in Deepfrost. What you see is me paying the price of my own folly."
She was making a sweeping gesture to the market and the snow, when an awful sound cut through the air. All around them people clapped gloved hands over their ears, hunching over with dread twisting more than one face - and then someone called and pointed to the harbor.
"Sharks! It's just sharks -"
Maea followed the pointed finger and caught a glimpse of tall fins cutting through the surface further out to sea, before they disappeared. Her face had grown ashen; tugging her gloves on she shoved shaking hands into her pockets to try and calm herself.
"Well, damn. Good luck keeping it cheerful in this place."
"We can probably avoid that," she smiled, and stole a lick of fire from the pyre to bring along. "Care for some company? I was just about to go find something more to eat. I made the mistake of hosting a ball in Deepfrost. What you see is me paying the price of my own folly."
She was making a sweeping gesture to the market and the snow, when an awful sound cut through the air. All around them people clapped gloved hands over their ears, hunching over with dread twisting more than one face - and then someone called and pointed to the harbor.
"Sharks! It's just sharks -"
Maea followed the pointed finger and caught a glimpse of tall fins cutting through the surface further out to sea, before they disappeared. Her face had grown ashen; tugging her gloves on she shoved shaking hands into her pockets to try and calm herself.
"Well, damn. Good luck keeping it cheerful in this place."
Don't walk away
