[Training] [SE] Got a pain in my mind

Maea

You think killing is hard?
Try healing something. That is hard.

Pausing to look at him, she almost said that it amounted to the same thing. Didn't it? So far, she seemed incapable of drawing any kind of conclusion from her fuck ups beyond how bad she was at so many things. None of the revelations were helpful, nor did she seem to grow from experience. The deeper she dug herself into this pit, the more apparent it became that something fundamental would have to change before she could heed his advice.

But for once, Maea kept her thoughts to herself. She smiled instead, and nodded. Hovered awkwardly for a moment, before taking a step back.
"Thank you for trying to help. I really appreciate it." She raised a hand in a little wave. "I should get going... see you around, Sunjata."

She had taken several hurried strides away, when she remembered the cloak she had dropped in the fresh grass. Flushed and with a sheepish expression she doubled back and picked it up, waved again for good measure and scampered off - for good, this time. The last thing she wanted was to overstay her welcome, when they almost had managed an entire conversation without shouting at each other. Was that progress? It felt like progress.

Mostly his, but... all the same. She was quietly impressed.


[FIN]

You can break something in two seconds
But it can take forever to fix it