// I tried to scream but my head was underwater //
Letting the low hum of his voice was over her senses, Maea relaxed into it. While it did little to ease the ache in her chest, at least she didn't feel as lonely. And the mention of Halo was surprising enough to draw her gaze back to him, a flicker of interest brightening her face.
"Halo is always cold," she agreed a touch wistful. "I have met Noah, a couple of times, though I can't say we're close. He helped me once, when I really needed someone to talk to..." Sinking into a thoughtful silence, Maea thought back to the lost and lonely mess she'd been so soon after being released from stone. In some ways she had settled into her new body, but in many ways she remained as she had been back then. Lost. Confused. Unwilling to embrace a nature that remained wholly alien to her.
"Hm? Oh." The question came bouncing back to her, and she considered what to say. "I met with Hadama in Stormbreak. We walked around the town, had dinner... it was nice, if a bit unsettling considering who rules the place. And I met with some friends. Alys has been questing to return her companion from death, and she says she's nearly done. Sah - he's also from Halo ‐ and Thalassa. We... had a fight," she admitted, sighing as she scraped her nails along the scalp, raking hair out of her eyes in a frustrated gesture. "It was pretty bad... I don't know if we'll be able to get past it."
"Halo is always cold," she agreed a touch wistful. "I have met Noah, a couple of times, though I can't say we're close. He helped me once, when I really needed someone to talk to..." Sinking into a thoughtful silence, Maea thought back to the lost and lonely mess she'd been so soon after being released from stone. In some ways she had settled into her new body, but in many ways she remained as she had been back then. Lost. Confused. Unwilling to embrace a nature that remained wholly alien to her.
"Hm? Oh." The question came bouncing back to her, and she considered what to say. "I met with Hadama in Stormbreak. We walked around the town, had dinner... it was nice, if a bit unsettling considering who rules the place. And I met with some friends. Alys has been questing to return her companion from death, and she says she's nearly done. Sah - he's also from Halo ‐ and Thalassa. We... had a fight," she admitted, sighing as she scraped her nails along the scalp, raking hair out of her eyes in a frustrated gesture. "It was pretty bad... I don't know if we'll be able to get past it."
Maea
// They called me weak, like I'm not just somebody's daughter //
