// hope, is wonderfully messy //
The words did direct Lena’s attention, her gaze softening a little. Not in pity, nor in complete understanding – Abandoned hadn’t been welcome in Stormbreak before Sohalia altered things, and while the Caretaker had never found fault in the magic-users, the prejudice from deities was still there all the same. She’d heard of quite a few who’d still found prayer and sanctity, through trial, error, and persistence, so she smiled in turn. “You can always bring friends with you to shrines,” if she knew the right ones – winking slightly. She’d done much the same with Koa and Zavien on their latest expedition. “And I’ve heard of others gaining companions without the need of gods. Sometimes it’s simply the right place at the right time.” and spending MP.
Sketching more, and hoping that alleviated some concern, she took to several little bits of forelock for detail, listening as the youths continued their rampaging around their elders, most of them settling. A few tails flicked every now and then from a bug, and the contentment persisted, continued, quiet and serene. The question didn’t even give her much of a pause, though she did glance back at Elizabeth with another small smile. “Thank you – and only when I get a chance. I’ve been trying to take notes on each creature I come across, in case they ever come into the Celestine.” Then she might have a better notion of temperaments, ideals, and treatments. “What’s your occupation?”
Sketching more, and hoping that alleviated some concern, she took to several little bits of forelock for detail, listening as the youths continued their rampaging around their elders, most of them settling. A few tails flicked every now and then from a bug, and the contentment persisted, continued, quiet and serene. The question didn’t even give her much of a pause, though she did glance back at Elizabeth with another small smile. “Thank you – and only when I get a chance. I’ve been trying to take notes on each creature I come across, in case they ever come into the Celestine.” Then she might have a better notion of temperaments, ideals, and treatments. “What’s your occupation?”
Lena
// we must weather the potential of happiness //
