i will endure the night for the promise of light
Noah sat unmoving in the fountain’s cool, silvery water--except for his arm. He lifted his right hand to his left forearm, and his fingers traced the jagged line running from his elbow to his hand, the memory of that old wound sharper here, surrounded by waters said to heal. Though it had been Safrin that had healed it, the scar still remained. The ache softened slightly, though the memories remained vivid as ever. "I've had worse," he said, "but it was close." He could still feel the void guardian's tendrils inside of him, ripping at his muscles and skin and trying to bring him to an end.
He lifted his head to look at the Queen then, feeling the water’s soothing touch against each new scar that rose as a whisper of the assault he had faced. He could feel the taste of his own blood in his mouth, even now. He swallowed it back. Her grin made own appear on his own face, a mirror to her's that wrinkled the corners of his eyes ever so slightly as normal color started to appear and blend back to his cheeks. "He definitely owes you. And me." He chuckled some, the rumbling of it in his throat helping the water's ease his mind along with his body.
"You have done a great deal for Torchline, speaking of." Noah said, the smile still on his face though the laughing glint in his eye turned to a more serious one. "Even in Halo we know about all the efforts down here."
He lifted his head to look at the Queen then, feeling the water’s soothing touch against each new scar that rose as a whisper of the assault he had faced. He could feel the taste of his own blood in his mouth, even now. He swallowed it back. Her grin made own appear on his own face, a mirror to her's that wrinkled the corners of his eyes ever so slightly as normal color started to appear and blend back to his cheeks. "He definitely owes you. And me." He chuckled some, the rumbling of it in his throat helping the water's ease his mind along with his body.
"You have done a great deal for Torchline, speaking of." Noah said, the smile still on his face though the laughing glint in his eye turned to a more serious one. "Even in Halo we know about all the efforts down here."
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