As long as you say you are mine
The thing that Flora was describing was so much more than just a house. It was a home, and for more than just the Doubletake. And, for perhaps the first time, Soh was starting to wonder if perhaps she hadn't been rather foolish all along in her quest to retake Stormbreak. She could have stayed here. Tarak wouldn't have died if she'd just... let it be someone else's problem.
Swallowing hard, Soh squeezed Flora's hand, a grateful gesture that grounded her. "Yeah, no, I'm fine -" she started, but even she could hear the false brightness in it, and she winced. "It's just... what you're talking about building? It sounds so nice. And you're going to be here, and I'm going to be in Stormbreak, and I know it's not that far, but it's - it's not -" Gods, she didn't even know. "It's just that... Stormbreak is just..." She sighed. "It's just another place I've lost someone now, you know? All I can think of when I'm there is Tarak." And the guilt, and the shame, and the overwhelming, drowning sadness that took root in her chest at the thought that his death was all her fault. "I just... don't really know what to do now. The Family's gone, and Stormbreak is free, and I was supposed to go and take it back, but now I just - I don't know what to do." Or where to go, or who she was outside of the pretty picture she'd painted of herself. And maybe that portrait no longer fit.
So maybe that was why Flora losing the bar felt so raw for Soh, even though it didn't impact her beyond being something that her best friend was going through. Because maybe there was a part of the Luminary that was going through the same thing, albeit under different circumstances. "It just... doesn't feel like your choice," Soh murmured, frowning at the sand beneath her feet. "I understand why, and I get not wanting to ruin the memory of it, but - it just sucks."
Swallowing hard, Soh squeezed Flora's hand, a grateful gesture that grounded her. "Yeah, no, I'm fine -" she started, but even she could hear the false brightness in it, and she winced. "It's just... what you're talking about building? It sounds so nice. And you're going to be here, and I'm going to be in Stormbreak, and I know it's not that far, but it's - it's not -" Gods, she didn't even know. "It's just that... Stormbreak is just..." She sighed. "It's just another place I've lost someone now, you know? All I can think of when I'm there is Tarak." And the guilt, and the shame, and the overwhelming, drowning sadness that took root in her chest at the thought that his death was all her fault. "I just... don't really know what to do now. The Family's gone, and Stormbreak is free, and I was supposed to go and take it back, but now I just - I don't know what to do." Or where to go, or who she was outside of the pretty picture she'd painted of herself. And maybe that portrait no longer fit.
So maybe that was why Flora losing the bar felt so raw for Soh, even though it didn't impact her beyond being something that her best friend was going through. Because maybe there was a part of the Luminary that was going through the same thing, albeit under different circumstances. "It just... doesn't feel like your choice," Soh murmured, frowning at the sand beneath her feet. "I understand why, and I get not wanting to ruin the memory of it, but - it just sucks."
We'll see the other side together
Sohalia
Minor powerplay allowed without permission.
Feel free to use force/magic on Sohalia.
Feel free to use force/magic on Sohalia.
