Oh, you say you have to fall apart to really be someone
She was growing tired, but so was everyone else. Still, if Maea knew Thalassa had thought about her enough to give up the easiest job of the lit, she really might have hugged the younger woman.
Instead she only watched her go off to join the group that worked with measuring the yeast, before bracing herself for the last pull.
Someone began to fumble with flint and steel and talking about firewood, but before they could get far she stepped in and shook her head with a faint smile. "No need. Just tell me if you need it bitter or cooler." Drawing on the spark of magic, she summoned a ball of fire into a hand, split it neatly to make sure it would heat the brew evenly and sat down where she could maintain the fire without getting in anyone's way. At a casual glance she seemed to be doing nothing; it was only the focused gleam beneath half-lidded eyes that revealed the truth.
Maea leads the fire crew.
Instead she only watched her go off to join the group that worked with measuring the yeast, before bracing herself for the last pull.
Someone began to fumble with flint and steel and talking about firewood, but before they could get far she stepped in and shook her head with a faint smile. "No need. Just tell me if you need it bitter or cooler." Drawing on the spark of magic, she summoned a ball of fire into a hand, split it neatly to make sure it would heat the brew evenly and sat down where she could maintain the fire without getting in anyone's way. At a casual glance she seemed to be doing nothing; it was only the focused gleam beneath half-lidded eyes that revealed the truth.
Maea leads the fire crew.
