Lena
// what is to give light must endure burning //
She listened, curling her knees into her chest and fluttering her dress out so it didn’t take up a terrible amount of room; eyes keenly on him. Training wasn’t surprising, Zavien had spoken about wanting to do so anyway – though she did manage a small, but encouraging laugh, at the ‘lemonent’. “Liniment,” she offered instead. “You can put it on aching areas to relieve pain.” But givenhe’d already found a substitution, and the Caretaker was half-inclined to offer her staff as a way of mending again, she let the notions center away as he continued.
News about Alys made her gaze flicker towards the stars too – notions of Mort, of what it meant to pull others out of his realm, and then of needing to know about Zavien’s death made her feel a bit overprotective of him initially – couldn’t she have asked someone else? Not one so recent? Caido had its way of reincarnations across dozens and hordes, but then she bit her lip, knowing it was his choice to share the sentiments. She simply wouldn’t ask. Then there was the juxtaposition of Mort – for they were always told that once journeying to his sovereignty, they’d never want for anything – but she’d never yield those notions to Zavien either. Instead, she gave a slight smile and tilt to her head, watching a flicker across constellations. “I still hope it wasn’t too painful. For you both.” Alys had suffered a great loss as well. The whole situation was a confounding and difficult measure, and given her own parallels with demise, she didn’t want to unfurl much more.
She did eye the jelly though, along with the rest of the contents. “These look divine!” And if her stomach growled, then so be it. “And you’ve been quite busy, but I’m glad to see you looking so well,” and then her glance went back to him, perhaps wanting to hear it with his own words too, rather than just the depiction of his features.
As for her own sojourns, they’d really been back and forth. “It’s been quiet since LongNight. But I’ve been traveling back and forth to the Greatwood too – looking for things,” and she winked. “Seen Sohalia and Rhiannon a couple of times. They seem to be doing all right.” Nothing so drastic as his own parallels. “Koa mentioned taking a leave of absence too." Certain Zavien had seen him since, and not wanting to make anything about the hollowed feelings in the floating kingdom, she smiled in return.
News about Alys made her gaze flicker towards the stars too – notions of Mort, of what it meant to pull others out of his realm, and then of needing to know about Zavien’s death made her feel a bit overprotective of him initially – couldn’t she have asked someone else? Not one so recent? Caido had its way of reincarnations across dozens and hordes, but then she bit her lip, knowing it was his choice to share the sentiments. She simply wouldn’t ask. Then there was the juxtaposition of Mort – for they were always told that once journeying to his sovereignty, they’d never want for anything – but she’d never yield those notions to Zavien either. Instead, she gave a slight smile and tilt to her head, watching a flicker across constellations. “I still hope it wasn’t too painful. For you both.” Alys had suffered a great loss as well. The whole situation was a confounding and difficult measure, and given her own parallels with demise, she didn’t want to unfurl much more.
She did eye the jelly though, along with the rest of the contents. “These look divine!” And if her stomach growled, then so be it. “And you’ve been quite busy, but I’m glad to see you looking so well,” and then her glance went back to him, perhaps wanting to hear it with his own words too, rather than just the depiction of his features.
As for her own sojourns, they’d really been back and forth. “It’s been quiet since LongNight. But I’ve been traveling back and forth to the Greatwood too – looking for things,” and she winked. “Seen Sohalia and Rhiannon a couple of times. They seem to be doing all right.” Nothing so drastic as his own parallels. “Koa mentioned taking a leave of absence too." Certain Zavien had seen him since, and not wanting to make anything about the hollowed feelings in the floating kingdom, she smiled in return.
