// I tried to scream but my head was underwater //
Gratitude bloomed like ripples of clean water through the spidery web of emotion. She nodded, earnestness a breath of light in the otherwise dark and dreary woodland of worries and regrets. "I would hope that both could be possible... but I'll be careful not to do anything to escalate this further."
Scooting over a bit closer so that she could lean her shoulder against his, Maea's own thumb tapped back in warm acknowledgement of his efforts. "You're good enough for me," she assured him, her smile returning with more strength. Especially as the reassurance dropped past her defenses and sank like a stone through her consciousness, to settle like a warm glowstone at the back of her mind. Comforting, reassuring; when Remi said it would be alright, she could believe it.
"Want to know a secret?" she mused. "I don't think I could have told Ronin half of this. He's sort of been a hero of mine for so long, it's still a bit unreal when I get to talk to him. Confessing my deep dark secrets to a literal White knight would be... mortifying." Not that Remi couldn't be just as gallant when he wished to be. "Hope that's not upsetting in any way."
Scooting over a bit closer so that she could lean her shoulder against his, Maea's own thumb tapped back in warm acknowledgement of his efforts. "You're good enough for me," she assured him, her smile returning with more strength. Especially as the reassurance dropped past her defenses and sank like a stone through her consciousness, to settle like a warm glowstone at the back of her mind. Comforting, reassuring; when Remi said it would be alright, she could believe it.
"Want to know a secret?" she mused. "I don't think I could have told Ronin half of this. He's sort of been a hero of mine for so long, it's still a bit unreal when I get to talk to him. Confessing my deep dark secrets to a literal White knight would be... mortifying." Not that Remi couldn't be just as gallant when he wished to be. "Hope that's not upsetting in any way."
Maea
// They called me weak, like I'm not just somebody's daughter //
