and I tried to remember how nice it had been
"Nonna," Vai repeats in agreement, her eyes stinging a little at the corners as she nods and also reaches for something to drink, though she opts for a glass of sweet, chilled wine to nurse in her hands instead. "Torchline definitely has its merits," she agrees with another nod, sitting to properly face the party and the torches and the stretches of sand. "I used to live here as well, for a time. There's nowhere quite like it. In the end, though," she admits, lowering her voice like it's a secret between them, "I've always belonged in the woods. And that's okay too, if you find yourself drawn elsewhere."
Sipping at her wine as Theea continues, Vai raises her eyebrows, impressed, to hear at her encounter with the void luxere and Deimos's offer. "That will definitely keep you in trouble," she says through a chuckle, "but it's rewarding. I might be a witch more than anything now, but I started as a hunter and a tracker. Those are skills you can pick up in a place like the monster hunters guild."
As for Ronin, she scrunches her nose affectionately and gives Theea a gentle nudge. "Don't think too much on it," she tells her with warmth in her voice. "He's got the title of White Knight, and he's lost enough family to be overprotective with what he's got left. Him sending you off was more about him than you."
At her laughter, more telling than her words, Vai scoots closer and wraps an arm around her shoulders. "Fuck their legacies, sweetheart," she tells her with a fiendish smiles. "I mean that. Fuck 'em. Make your own - don't ever walk in the shadow of those who came before you. Just because they're impressive, doesn't mean you aren't. Only thing you need to live up to is your own goals."
Sipping at her wine as Theea continues, Vai raises her eyebrows, impressed, to hear at her encounter with the void luxere and Deimos's offer. "That will definitely keep you in trouble," she says through a chuckle, "but it's rewarding. I might be a witch more than anything now, but I started as a hunter and a tracker. Those are skills you can pick up in a place like the monster hunters guild."
As for Ronin, she scrunches her nose affectionately and gives Theea a gentle nudge. "Don't think too much on it," she tells her with warmth in her voice. "He's got the title of White Knight, and he's lost enough family to be overprotective with what he's got left. Him sending you off was more about him than you."
At her laughter, more telling than her words, Vai scoots closer and wraps an arm around her shoulders. "Fuck their legacies, sweetheart," she tells her with a fiendish smiles. "I mean that. Fuck 'em. Make your own - don't ever walk in the shadow of those who came before you. Just because they're impressive, doesn't mean you aren't. Only thing you need to live up to is your own goals."
a long long time ago
Vervain
