// I tried to scream but my head was underwater //
Thinking back to the LongNight when the sparkbird had flown in through the darkness to protect them all with its fiery presence, Maea hummed softly, deep in thought. It had been a magical sight, and a true wonder. To see a legend come true, and feel safe in the night for the first time in her life, it had changed her life forever. Why had it come? Was it a blessing, or a curse, and why had that same Bird later gone insane and set the same place on fire?
"I would like to believe there's some truth to it," she replied eventually. "A mother protecting her children makes as much sense as any other reason - and it would be nice to think that it was not always alone. That it had a family once, and was loved, even though they did not see a happy ever after." Thinking of her own family and the foundation of love, determination and strength they comprised in who she had grown into, Maea thought it made sense. No one sacrificed like the people who had known love. None other could, because it took love to comprehend loss and to summon the strength needed to do anything – whatever it took – to defend against it.
"I would like to believe there's some truth to it," she replied eventually. "A mother protecting her children makes as much sense as any other reason - and it would be nice to think that it was not always alone. That it had a family once, and was loved, even though they did not see a happy ever after." Thinking of her own family and the foundation of love, determination and strength they comprised in who she had grown into, Maea thought it made sense. No one sacrificed like the people who had known love. None other could, because it took love to comprehend loss and to summon the strength needed to do anything – whatever it took – to defend against it.
Maea
// They called me weak, like I'm not just somebody's daughter //
