Maea
The worst of all blessings
Trailing her gaze across the ground, absorbing the green and gray of moss and lunchen, exploring rounded forms of rock and stump half buried in mulch and new growth, she found new resolve in the man's encouraging words. He was right, there were worse places. Even the emptiness of Hak Etme had its beauty if the only allowed herself to slow down enough to see it... But for all that the woods were lovely, they were not where she wanted to be.
Humming thoughtfully, she heard the quiet concern in Liam's query. Pondering how best to explain, in the end she found it easiest to be blunt. What point was there in pretending this situation wasn't of her own making?
"Sure, it's dangerous. And I am doing it alone - mostly. I have friends... but they have their own lives, and I don't want to take up too much of their time chasing after miracles." Methodically checking an area section by section before moving on, she blew silken strands of hair from her lips. "Honestly, it's mostly my own fault I'm here. I made some serious mistakes that put the leaders of the regions in danger, and took far too long to recognize it for the screw up that it was. Because of that, and because of how poorly I've handled some other relations, the queen of Torchline doesn't want me on her shores."
Pausing to straighten her back, she made an effort to braid the long hair out of her eyes. "I agreed to not return until I find a Rose, or one of Rae's Lilies. It's like... a way to redeem myself, I guess. Or at least to show I can be useful to the region."
Humming thoughtfully, she heard the quiet concern in Liam's query. Pondering how best to explain, in the end she found it easiest to be blunt. What point was there in pretending this situation wasn't of her own making?
"Sure, it's dangerous. And I am doing it alone - mostly. I have friends... but they have their own lives, and I don't want to take up too much of their time chasing after miracles." Methodically checking an area section by section before moving on, she blew silken strands of hair from her lips. "Honestly, it's mostly my own fault I'm here. I made some serious mistakes that put the leaders of the regions in danger, and took far too long to recognize it for the screw up that it was. Because of that, and because of how poorly I've handled some other relations, the queen of Torchline doesn't want me on her shores."
Pausing to straighten her back, she made an effort to braid the long hair out of her eyes. "I agreed to not return until I find a Rose, or one of Rae's Lilies. It's like... a way to redeem myself, I guess. Or at least to show I can be useful to the region."
The most beautiful of curses
Base by Skylark
