Maea
Oh, when the world is burning
Eyes growing wide, she accepted the cup with both hands and held it carefully so as not to spill the water. How it hadn't soaked him through - but that only meant it was magic. Unaccustomed to gifts of any kind, let alone such valuable ones, Maea blushed and fumbled for something to say. "That's - I mean - thank you? Are you sure? Won't you need it yourself?" He was the one most likely to end up fighting, whereas she...
Cupping her hands around the clay despite the chill that bit into her hands she listened with grave attention as Remi explained. It was a bleak picture he painted. One she understood only because someone had tried to force the Grounds into a similar structure, thankfully unsuccessful. "Zariah was from Northaven too, right?" she asked quietly. "I knew she was unpopular but never quite why. This... really explains it." Considering the outlander realm like a mirror to the problems they were facing, she turned over the issues in her head. "Did anyone try to fight them? How did they go about it?" Taking over a place and keeping it might actually be two entirely different problems... Of course preventing an invasion was the first priority. But if that failed... it didn't necessarily have to be the end.
Cupping her hands around the clay despite the chill that bit into her hands she listened with grave attention as Remi explained. It was a bleak picture he painted. One she understood only because someone had tried to force the Grounds into a similar structure, thankfully unsuccessful. "Zariah was from Northaven too, right?" she asked quietly. "I knew she was unpopular but never quite why. This... really explains it." Considering the outlander realm like a mirror to the problems they were facing, she turned over the issues in her head. "Did anyone try to fight them? How did they go about it?" Taking over a place and keeping it might actually be two entirely different problems... Of course preventing an invasion was the first priority. But if that failed... it didn't necessarily have to be the end.
Don't walk away
