// I tried to scream but my head was underwater //
The dessert sat forgotten on the table, cream slowly melting back into liquid form. In the overcast light, despite the close humidity, Maea felt a chill traipse down her spine and she tugged the coat closer about herself, wishing herself far away. Where might be safe, though? Monsters barging through a window at the darkest of days smacked too much of her childhood terrors, and there had never been any true safety from them. If the void could get to a demigod in the middle of the most protected region in Caido, where was left to run to?
"I can imagine being eager to get away after that," Maea murmured. "Sorry, for pushing you to talk. What... what did you want to know? Why I'm here, or what I'm doing while being here?" Having nothing of comfort or assurance to offer him, the only thing left to provide her friend with seemed to be distraction. If that meant spilling her guts about Flora and her demands, so be it.
"I can imagine being eager to get away after that," Maea murmured. "Sorry, for pushing you to talk. What... what did you want to know? Why I'm here, or what I'm doing while being here?" Having nothing of comfort or assurance to offer him, the only thing left to provide her friend with seemed to be distraction. If that meant spilling her guts about Flora and her demands, so be it.
Maea
// They called me weak, like I'm not just somebody's daughter //
