That's really good, said Flora, and Soh offered a sad, tired smile as she accepted the praise. It was good, she knew that, but gods if it didn't ache to have her last memory of her home be of it empty and dying. She'd much rather remember busy market days, looking out over everything from her office in the Tower, listening to the hum of the city far below. The silence that haunted her now was wrong, and yet it was all she could hear when she closed her eyes and tried to picture Stormbreak in its prime.
For a while, Flora simply held her as the water lapped around them, gently easing aches and pains that Soh hadn't even realized were there. She said nothing for the longest time. There was nothing more to say, only a bone-deep sadness that hurt more than any physical injury ever could - and Soh had had her fair share.
That Stormbreak had not yet fallen was both a blessing and a curse; Soh knew herself well enough to know that she would sit in the window seat in her room, watching for its destruction, unless Flora kept her occupied. "Probably," she agreed, but there was no emotion in it - only a strained depression that Soh couldn't quite hide. At Flora's question, though, her gaze focuses on the Doubletake, the query drawing her back to a place from which she can function. "I'm not sure," she said. "I don't know where they ended up when Safrin sent us out of the city. But before, they were... well, I don't know if they were ready, but I think we'd all accepted what was coming."
For a while, Flora simply held her as the water lapped around them, gently easing aches and pains that Soh hadn't even realized were there. She said nothing for the longest time. There was nothing more to say, only a bone-deep sadness that hurt more than any physical injury ever could - and Soh had had her fair share.
That Stormbreak had not yet fallen was both a blessing and a curse; Soh knew herself well enough to know that she would sit in the window seat in her room, watching for its destruction, unless Flora kept her occupied. "Probably," she agreed, but there was no emotion in it - only a strained depression that Soh couldn't quite hide. At Flora's question, though, her gaze focuses on the Doubletake, the query drawing her back to a place from which she can function. "I'm not sure," she said. "I don't know where they ended up when Safrin sent us out of the city. But before, they were... well, I don't know if they were ready, but I think we'd all accepted what was coming."
When memories fade we've got each other
When time and confusion collide
When time and confusion collide
Sohalia
Minor powerplay allowed without permission.
Feel free to use force/magic on Sohalia.
Feel free to use force/magic on Sohalia.
