// I tried to scream but my head was underwater //
"A long cold night sleeping on the beach, is my prediction," she laughed, gleefully ignoring that one Leafchange when she'd been haunted and definitely didn't take it well. Maea imagined it was different when the haunting wasn't personal and didn't come with emotional baggage. Something unseen that rummaged through the kitchen or wrote messages on the bathroom mirror felt way better than a shade of lingering regret in the corner of your office.
Sobering at the mention of the Taliesin family's complicated past, Maea hummed thoughtfully, doing her best to keep from spiraling into her own mixed experiences with them. "To be honest, we didn't really talk much until after the war. I was ascended at the time, and did my best to avoid both of them... quite successfully, I might add." She was still alive thanks to that - and thanks to whatever kindness Remi had found in himself that let him spare her life that one time when caution hadn't been enough. "But, well... they've changed a bit since then, right? Or try to, at least. And it's thanks to Remi that I have a roof over my head."
Glinting specks of light drifted through the trees around them, brightening the shadows and the brown of moldering leaves. One of them came darting towards them, and Maea extended a hand to touch its gasping ember with a soft expression on her face. "I did promise him that he and his family would always be welcome in that house. So, you know... stop by whenever you want. When Liam's cured, or even before - I'm sure we'll survive some time apart." The table was big; there was always room for one more plate at dinner time.
[FIN]
Sobering at the mention of the Taliesin family's complicated past, Maea hummed thoughtfully, doing her best to keep from spiraling into her own mixed experiences with them. "To be honest, we didn't really talk much until after the war. I was ascended at the time, and did my best to avoid both of them... quite successfully, I might add." She was still alive thanks to that - and thanks to whatever kindness Remi had found in himself that let him spare her life that one time when caution hadn't been enough. "But, well... they've changed a bit since then, right? Or try to, at least. And it's thanks to Remi that I have a roof over my head."
Glinting specks of light drifted through the trees around them, brightening the shadows and the brown of moldering leaves. One of them came darting towards them, and Maea extended a hand to touch its gasping ember with a soft expression on her face. "I did promise him that he and his family would always be welcome in that house. So, you know... stop by whenever you want. When Liam's cured, or even before - I'm sure we'll survive some time apart." The table was big; there was always room for one more plate at dinner time.
[FIN]
Maea
// They called me weak, like I'm not just somebody's daughter //
