NIKI
"I can only agree with that," Niki says with a crooked smile. He hasn't had any experience with being a shade, but given their presence in the woods as something eerie and unwelcome, he can't imagine it's a pleasant experience. Smiling in the direction of the wagon trail, it's only the reassurance that he can still see the way the trees thin out, even through the rain, that gives him the confidence to answer her.
"It is right here at the moment, yes," he agrees. "The woods have a tendency to move around on a whim, so if you feel as if you have been turned around, odds are you probably were. And it was likely intentional on the part of the forest." Smiling sheepishly now, he's surprised when she draws closer - and even more so as she drops to a crouch to try and help him light the candles. "Oh, you do not have to..."
But she is already down there, and Niki finds himself fumbling in a pocket for a matchbook. "Alright," he says. It takes a few tries and a bundle of matches to create a suitable taper, but eventually he has something that stands a chance against the rain for more than a few heartbeats. Granted, with a crutch and a knee brace, there's no way he's getting down into the position Theea is in, and so Niki leans against his cane and tips himself forward until he can reach out and light the candle wicks.
"Thank you." He smiles.
"It is right here at the moment, yes," he agrees. "The woods have a tendency to move around on a whim, so if you feel as if you have been turned around, odds are you probably were. And it was likely intentional on the part of the forest." Smiling sheepishly now, he's surprised when she draws closer - and even more so as she drops to a crouch to try and help him light the candles. "Oh, you do not have to..."
But she is already down there, and Niki finds himself fumbling in a pocket for a matchbook. "Alright," he says. It takes a few tries and a bundle of matches to create a suitable taper, but eventually he has something that stands a chance against the rain for more than a few heartbeats. Granted, with a crutch and a knee brace, there's no way he's getting down into the position Theea is in, and so Niki leans against his cane and tips himself forward until he can reach out and light the candle wicks.
"Thank you." He smiles.
my body's on the line now, I can't fight this time now
I can feel the light shine on my face
I can feel the light shine on my face
