Down and out, and out of luck, we're spinning but the needle's stuck
It was an easy trap to fall into, as Maea had discovered for herself. While there was nothing wrong with feeling the pain and doubt that came with accepting ones own weaknesses and vulnerability, it was a slippery slope that could easily send you on a downward spiral into dark places if entertained too much. "I've found that it helps to talk about it, when something is weighing on me," she said gently. "It sounds like a cliché, but sometimes we get stuck in a narrative that isn't necessarily real... Putting it out there tends to put things back into perspective."
A rustle in the vegetation up ahead drew Maea's attention. Slowing her step, her hand fell towards the chakram in her belt - but the only thing that appeared was the russet coat of a fox as it dashed off with a limp bundle snagged in its mouth. A rabbit, perhaps, or squirrel? She didn't have time to see.
"I do know that feeling," she murmured, and resumed walking. "I wound up leaving the Grounds because I didn't feel like I belonged there anymore. Between difficult relations and all the ways it's changed over the years..." She shook her head, then turned to look at Noe with a half smile. "I would like a tour, though, yes. Maybe it would help both of us to see the place differently." Rekindle Noe's fondness for well known locations, and show Maea a side of the town that wasn't colored by the various factions that ruled it.
A rustle in the vegetation up ahead drew Maea's attention. Slowing her step, her hand fell towards the chakram in her belt - but the only thing that appeared was the russet coat of a fox as it dashed off with a limp bundle snagged in its mouth. A rabbit, perhaps, or squirrel? She didn't have time to see.
"I do know that feeling," she murmured, and resumed walking. "I wound up leaving the Grounds because I didn't feel like I belonged there anymore. Between difficult relations and all the ways it's changed over the years..." She shook her head, then turned to look at Noe with a half smile. "I would like a tour, though, yes. Maybe it would help both of us to see the place differently." Rekindle Noe's fondness for well known locations, and show Maea a side of the town that wasn't colored by the various factions that ruled it.
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