// won't you breathe with me? //
Of all her bad habits, unsolicited advice remained among the more benign. It was hard to refrain from trying to help, and at least in this case it fell on good soil. Liam's remark made her blush slightly, abashed and caught with the realization that she'd done it again. Gone preaching to the choir, talking like she hadn't just figured these things out for herself.
"Ah... really? I didn't mean to sound so..." well, preachy.
Nuzzling him right back, she sobered slightly as he mentioned Stormbreak, indeed left with mixed feelings whenever the Family and their lingering influence over him entered the picture. Respecting his wishes on the matter proved difficult when she knew that it likely had been brought about by coersion. Was he truly happy like this? Would he ever resent her for letting the curse remain, when she could work harder to find the cure? That the Family could no longer use him did improve things, but not remove her concern entirely.
"I'm glad," she simply said in the end, returning to the topic at hand. "If you really wanted to go there, I'd come with you... but I really do prefer the woods."
Satisfied that she'd been correct in her suspicions, and thus knew him well enough to read the unspoken signals, Maea melted deeper into his arms with a contented sigh.
"Ah... really? I didn't mean to sound so..." well, preachy.
Nuzzling him right back, she sobered slightly as he mentioned Stormbreak, indeed left with mixed feelings whenever the Family and their lingering influence over him entered the picture. Respecting his wishes on the matter proved difficult when she knew that it likely had been brought about by coersion. Was he truly happy like this? Would he ever resent her for letting the curse remain, when she could work harder to find the cure? That the Family could no longer use him did improve things, but not remove her concern entirely.
"I'm glad," she simply said in the end, returning to the topic at hand. "If you really wanted to go there, I'd come with you... but I really do prefer the woods."
Satisfied that she'd been correct in her suspicions, and thus knew him well enough to read the unspoken signals, Maea melted deeper into his arms with a contented sigh.
Maea
// won't you take me to your heart? //
