Lena
// what is to give light must endure burning //
Not wanting to traverse down the same lines, pathways, and routes they’d already backtracked on multiple times, Lena just nodded, stifling something at the edges of his disappointment, and giving a warm smile instead when he concurred. “Fantastic,” she murmured, giving something else some hope and light in wake of so many other things.
Thereafter, her eyes wandered over the other foods available – opting for some cheese and crackers, and then munching quietly in contentment – occasionally spying the array of stars lined for them, and traces and foundations of spirals in the galaxy. What a wonderful thing to have in their world – when so many other notions conspired and unraveled, these figments were still here –
His words jolted her out of her thoughts, and her head tilted back toward him. She was surprised, certainly, given how readily he’d wanted out of Stormbreak, and she wasn’t about to argue him out of the sentiments – but if it made it worse for him… “Only if you think you’re ready,” she offered instead, watching him intensely, trying to gauge where he was going.
Thereafter, her eyes wandered over the other foods available – opting for some cheese and crackers, and then munching quietly in contentment – occasionally spying the array of stars lined for them, and traces and foundations of spirals in the galaxy. What a wonderful thing to have in their world – when so many other notions conspired and unraveled, these figments were still here –
His words jolted her out of her thoughts, and her head tilted back toward him. She was surprised, certainly, given how readily he’d wanted out of Stormbreak, and she wasn’t about to argue him out of the sentiments – but if it made it worse for him… “Only if you think you’re ready,” she offered instead, watching him intensely, trying to gauge where he was going.
