[SE] on a winning streak

MAEA

Meaning she would have to make do with what she had until then. Affecting a dramatic sigh, Maea raised imploring hands to the sky. "A discount, he says. When I am here on hands and knees, searching day and night for the cruel queen's flowers, simply for a place to call home?" She wasn't, actually, but the phrase sounded good. "I suppose it'll have to do." But she absolutely poked her tongue at him for daring to charge at all; friends were meant to help each other out, were they not?

As the Maea picked her way up onto a tangle of mangrove-like roots for a better vantage point, however, she did admit to herself that she was having a good time with this search. As far as exiles went, it could be far, far worse. For a while silence reigned, interspersedwith trickling water, birdsong and the occasional drone of an early bug. Then a thought struck, and Maea called out, "Hey, Liam? If you could choose between doing what's good for you alone, and what's good for you but also for many other folks, which would you choose?" She balanced along the top of a root, until she found a more secure place to scout from. So far no roses, but she did get to look down on her companion for once.

I see a new horizon, holding on to hope
Say goodbye to all my pain when it's time for me to go

BASE INSPIRED BY ODD <3