Noah let a faint, humorless smile touch his lips at her words. He understood exactly what she meant, and it hit him deeper than he expected.
He thought of his own failures, the times he had been frozen by perfection, by the endless weighing of himself against Vi’s impossible standards. He had spent years trying to measure up, trying to be the perfect sentinel, the perfect demigod. And in doing so, he had stopped moving entirely, waiting for permission, for certainty, for some impossible validation that never came. That had been his mistake. Well, one of them. That had been why he had often failed to act when the world needed him most, or act in the wrong way when he did. Instead of laying that on her, though, this perfect stranger beside him, he said only this: "I know exactly what you mean."
Taking in a breath that lifted his shoudlers slightly, he shifted his weight from seat bone to seat bone, curiosity sharpening behind his eyes. "Is this your first quest from Safrin?" He asked, brow lifting.
He thought of his own failures, the times he had been frozen by perfection, by the endless weighing of himself against Vi’s impossible standards. He had spent years trying to measure up, trying to be the perfect sentinel, the perfect demigod. And in doing so, he had stopped moving entirely, waiting for permission, for certainty, for some impossible validation that never came. That had been his mistake. Well, one of them. That had been why he had often failed to act when the world needed him most, or act in the wrong way when he did. Instead of laying that on her, though, this perfect stranger beside him, he said only this: "I know exactly what you mean."
Taking in a breath that lifted his shoudlers slightly, he shifted his weight from seat bone to seat bone, curiosity sharpening behind his eyes. "Is this your first quest from Safrin?" He asked, brow lifting.
Noah
I am no longer a stone
I can't walk into the shadows alone
I can't walk into the shadows alone
