Maea
Blood on my shirt, rose in my hand
Maea blinked at the directness of that look. Too surprised to even attempt to hide it, she nodded and relinquished her hold on the crate. Pushed it the rest of the way into Flora's care, and stood away from the bar, falling back to stand next to Liam. She shared a quick glance with him, as if to say 'are you seeing this?' - and wasn't far from cracking a real smile out of sheer relief.
Surrendering the Rose was easy, she had never intended to keep it anyway, and the lack of harsh words from Flora certainly went a long way to easing the cold lump in her gut. The one that prompted her to bring a friend for support, so that she could weather another storm if need be. But there was none. No storm, no clouds, no battle to be fought - Maea couldn't accept that she'd had nothing to worry about but this was so much better than even she could have hoped for.
"Thank you, I appreciate that. And I am glad I can help, in any way," she replied, expression easing - responding to sincerity with earnestness, almost without realizing it. "If I find another one of these, should I contact you again? Or reach out to another region?" Everyone would be in the market, and it made sense to Maea to divide the blessings as evenly as possible.
Surrendering the Rose was easy, she had never intended to keep it anyway, and the lack of harsh words from Flora certainly went a long way to easing the cold lump in her gut. The one that prompted her to bring a friend for support, so that she could weather another storm if need be. But there was none. No storm, no clouds, no battle to be fought - Maea couldn't accept that she'd had nothing to worry about but this was so much better than even she could have hoped for.
"Thank you, I appreciate that. And I am glad I can help, in any way," she replied, expression easing - responding to sincerity with earnestness, almost without realizing it. "If I find another one of these, should I contact you again? Or reach out to another region?" Everyone would be in the market, and it made sense to Maea to divide the blessings as evenly as possible.
You're looking at me like you don't know who I am
