// I tried to scream but my head was underwater //
The name was, of course, one that all of Caido ought to have learned at one point or another. Who hadn't heard of the missing queen of Stormbreak? Eyes widening, Maea looked the girl up and down all over again, reassessing; no obvious signs of injury, she didn't reek of void aura and that smile suggested nothing was immediately bothering her. That was good. And clearly they had a reason to have crossed paths, even if only on a street somewhere.
"Nice to meet you, Sohalia," she replied slowly, "I'm Maea. Are the rumors of your disappearance exaggerated, or am I simply out of the loop?" If she recalled correctly, this was a friend of Tal's, and the girl Harper had said was like a daughter. Maea wished she had paid more attention; wished that she knew better how to say that perhaps they weren't entirely unconnected after all.
With effort the focused her attention back to the room they were in. Maea shook her head. "No, I've only walked past it," she said, confirming the trope. "Figured it was a good place to warm up a bit... Would you mind showing me around?" It seemed the young woman had passed through before, though Maea could be wrong.
"Nice to meet you, Sohalia," she replied slowly, "I'm Maea. Are the rumors of your disappearance exaggerated, or am I simply out of the loop?" If she recalled correctly, this was a friend of Tal's, and the girl Harper had said was like a daughter. Maea wished she had paid more attention; wished that she knew better how to say that perhaps they weren't entirely unconnected after all.
With effort the focused her attention back to the room they were in. Maea shook her head. "No, I've only walked past it," she said, confirming the trope. "Figured it was a good place to warm up a bit... Would you mind showing me around?" It seemed the young woman had passed through before, though Maea could be wrong.
Maea
// They called me weak, like I'm not just somebody's daughter //
