// now I've been crazy, couldn't you tell? //
Fidgeting with the hem of a sleeve, picking at a lose thread she kept forgetting to fasten, Maea tried again, though it was as difficult to speak plainly as it was to consolidate her reaching thoughts.
"Suppose that the island is not conquered before it's too late," she explained, painting up the kind of scenario they were trying to prevent. "Suppose the Family gains the upper hand in the war, and we are forced to retreat behind the barriers. That we can't communicate freely, and the Wilds become inaccessible due to the void. How do we keep fighting from there?"
Following Shii with her eyes as the wisp slipped out of its hiding place to bob along in Sol's wake, Maea pushed her hood back from the face. "I know that's something that may not happen, but I'd feel better if there were some backup plans being made. I have been made to understand that there aren't any, currently. Just the 'gardening project'." As a survivor of the Hollowed Grounds and many a LongNight, that didn't sit well with her. Maea had been raised to hope for the best and prepare for the worst - and she couldn't imagine a more dreadful future than to be back in a cage with no way out.
"Suppose that the island is not conquered before it's too late," she explained, painting up the kind of scenario they were trying to prevent. "Suppose the Family gains the upper hand in the war, and we are forced to retreat behind the barriers. That we can't communicate freely, and the Wilds become inaccessible due to the void. How do we keep fighting from there?"
Following Shii with her eyes as the wisp slipped out of its hiding place to bob along in Sol's wake, Maea pushed her hood back from the face. "I know that's something that may not happen, but I'd feel better if there were some backup plans being made. I have been made to understand that there aren't any, currently. Just the 'gardening project'." As a survivor of the Hollowed Grounds and many a LongNight, that didn't sit well with her. Maea had been raised to hope for the best and prepare for the worst - and she couldn't imagine a more dreadful future than to be back in a cage with no way out.
Maea
// I threw stones at the stars but the whole sky fell //
