Fool me once, fool me twice
Are you death or paradise?
Are you death or paradise?
Used to hearing things through whipping winds from her time at sea and cracking lightning from her home in Levinsward, Thal didn't miss any of his words. She nodded her head in agreement that she would never forget them. It was still hard to understand how they'd had such an impact on her, but there was no denying that Pierce had become an important person in her life, and as the rain began to pelt her face, she was reminded of all the tears she'd cried for him - the ones that still threatened to fall when she looked too hard at the hollow emptiness.
Determined not to lose her focus in the middle of a lightning storm, she took a deep breath, not bothering to wipe her rain-slick hair from her forehead. Blinking away a few drops, she watched as lightning streaked across the sky, the ship careening to the starboard railing where they stood, salt spray instantly coating her as she monitored the horizon, thinking on Tal's question with a small scowl. "It's hard. They never really told me to do anything, I just knew, and now... I just don't." And it sucked.
As if she was finding the silver lining in more than just the storm, her eyes narrowed, searching what she felt about the Family. "But I get the feeling they'd want us to stick together." Her weight adjusted as the ship tilted again, her grip on the railing tightening for a moment to ride out the pull of gravity, not the least bit distracted as she continued the conversation. "And maybe sew a little chaos for those who'd wronged them." Almost like Pierce was agreeing with her from whatever galaxy he'd traveled to next, another bolt of lightning broke through the clouds, connecting with the main mast of The Marauder in a spark of sizzling electricity.
A few of the newer recruits panicked, rushing to think of how they'd stop the spread of a growing fire in the middle of a lightning storm; however, the seasoned sailors knew the drill. They'd traveled with her through the Brizo sea enough times to trust in her skills just as she trusted in theirs, and with a slow blink of acknowledgement, she banked the budding flames, turning back to Tal and the horizon that was just beginning to brighten with the promise of escape.
Determined not to lose her focus in the middle of a lightning storm, she took a deep breath, not bothering to wipe her rain-slick hair from her forehead. Blinking away a few drops, she watched as lightning streaked across the sky, the ship careening to the starboard railing where they stood, salt spray instantly coating her as she monitored the horizon, thinking on Tal's question with a small scowl. "It's hard. They never really told me to do anything, I just knew, and now... I just don't." And it sucked.
As if she was finding the silver lining in more than just the storm, her eyes narrowed, searching what she felt about the Family. "But I get the feeling they'd want us to stick together." Her weight adjusted as the ship tilted again, her grip on the railing tightening for a moment to ride out the pull of gravity, not the least bit distracted as she continued the conversation. "And maybe sew a little chaos for those who'd wronged them." Almost like Pierce was agreeing with her from whatever galaxy he'd traveled to next, another bolt of lightning broke through the clouds, connecting with the main mast of The Marauder in a spark of sizzling electricity.
A few of the newer recruits panicked, rushing to think of how they'd stop the spread of a growing fire in the middle of a lightning storm; however, the seasoned sailors knew the drill. They'd traveled with her through the Brizo sea enough times to trust in her skills just as she trusted in theirs, and with a slow blink of acknowledgement, she banked the budding flames, turning back to Tal and the horizon that was just beginning to brighten with the promise of escape.
Now you'll never see me cry
There's just no time to die
There's just no time to die
Thalassa
