[Mini Event] Midwinter Conference

Evie

I dreamt in the sound of your voice

and bathed in the color of your love

Evie has long tried to overcome her reservations around the Hollowed Grounds. Attending Dygra's festival, responding to political summons, anything that required her attendance in the region. As Dahlia walks in, she decides then and there that it doesn't matter. She's never doing this again, never coming back. This Temple - this region - has been the source of so much suffering. With Erebos present as a reminder of what can and has been lost by others before her, she refuses to allow it to take even more from her.

The reaction to Dahlia is concerning to say the least. Confrontation is not the move here, and Evie's political heart withers. This isn't bravery, this is taking a moral stance at the expense of everyone else in the room. Her eyes go to Deimos just as his move in turn, and she doesn't need to be able to speak into his mind for them to understand one another. Taking Erebos neatly, she straps him securely to her chest with a little extra magical help, and steps behind Deimos as he positions himself in front of them - effectively disappearing behind his bulk.

One hand comes up to gently touch his spine and linger there so he can keep track of where she is without having to fracture his attention. She keeps utterly silent, focusing on keeping Erebos soothed so he does the same. Let it be like they don't exist until the moment they can safely leave. This isn't her fight, her region, her people. Evie will not risk anything for them, not with her family on the line.

And The most beautiful thought
Is the fact that I have always loved you