without a shadow of a doubt

Melita

Eating fire is your ambition
to swallow the flame down

Later, Melita might actually feel sorry for the little thing – but at the moment, the hunt was on. She persisted in humming, offering the tune wholeheartedly and without regret, as the treeflit seemed to venture closer and closer, enticed by both the menagerie of gilded stones and the prospects of song. It continued to pulse and vibe in return, hovering over the golden edges of the rocks.

Quietly, the Honeybee prepared the makeshift cage she’d brought – sifting it out of her bag as slowly and stealthily as she could. Sohalia shifting made the situation all the more ready, and needing to be swift, she supposed, before the creature could sense something else was afoot. Then she nodded, granting and giving the signal for the Attuned to pounce.

to be lit up from within, vein by vein
to be the sun