Maea
And from the dark
Smiling as she settled in beside him, she propped her cheek against the palm of a hand. "If you'd met everyone I have, you'd know the truth of it," Maea assured. "And if not the kindest, then at least in the top three." Noticing the color in his cheeks, she wondered at the source of it. Whether from compliment or the pat on the head or something else entirely was difficult to say... she just doubted it had anything to do with the heat.
"Hm, no I don't think we've talked about that yet," she replied. Thinking back, a wistful expression softened her expression, deepening the lavender of her irises into something warmer. "My first magic was telekinesis. I made the room shake when I had nightmares as a child... my father was strict about magic though, so he had me suppress it for a long time. The next time I awakened one I was already an adult – that was water. And I could teleport between shadows, and summon wings – though I never figured out how to make them work." Drawing patterns on the surface of the pool, she was quiet for a moment. "That was it, really. Thinking back, I was a fool to head out on a hunt the way I did. Even more of a fool to not listen when I was told to stay on the ship. It cost me... too much." Everything, really. Magic, companion, life and love... and the question was if she had learned anything at all even now. Maea Valair still leaped headlong into trouble without stopping to consider the consequences.
"Liam... if we were leading the Greatwood and the Family came to destroy it... what would you do?"
"Hm, no I don't think we've talked about that yet," she replied. Thinking back, a wistful expression softened her expression, deepening the lavender of her irises into something warmer. "My first magic was telekinesis. I made the room shake when I had nightmares as a child... my father was strict about magic though, so he had me suppress it for a long time. The next time I awakened one I was already an adult – that was water. And I could teleport between shadows, and summon wings – though I never figured out how to make them work." Drawing patterns on the surface of the pool, she was quiet for a moment. "That was it, really. Thinking back, I was a fool to head out on a hunt the way I did. Even more of a fool to not listen when I was told to stay on the ship. It cost me... too much." Everything, really. Magic, companion, life and love... and the question was if she had learned anything at all even now. Maea Valair still leaped headlong into trouble without stopping to consider the consequences.
"Liam... if we were leading the Greatwood and the Family came to destroy it... what would you do?"
Something new will come on through
and rise again
and rise again
