"Remember always to give her credit where it is due, for that gratitude you hold." Noah knew what it was like to feel grateful to the herald for answering when no one else would. While he had a particularly unique seat when it came to the goddess, Noah would not take for granted all the times she answered him. All the mercy she gave. All the understanding, kindness, support. He knew she had two sides. He knew, well, that her temper and ire were easy things to succumb to from the wrong actions. Ronin had never been quiet when it came to sharing that part of her, unafraid to lay it all out as Noah stepped into part of her shadow. He had yet to experience that part of her, but he had experienced the disapproval and shame carried from not following in Vi's exact plan.
He had pieced together that Safrin, in eons of service, may have felt that too. Which is why she touched him so gently.
But, Noah did not need to reveal that all to Lyra. Instead he talked about how he had visited with Frey in the past, before becoming Vi's demigod. He talked about shifting his prayers from the herald of nature and sex to that of life and stars and brightness. "She has always been kind to me." He finally said, settling again after feeling like he had talked forever. "I think she will continue to answer you, should you continue to do respectable work." That is, saving lives. Searching and rescuing and repairing.
As they talked, the sun began to gently rise over the sands.
FIN
He had pieced together that Safrin, in eons of service, may have felt that too. Which is why she touched him so gently.
But, Noah did not need to reveal that all to Lyra. Instead he talked about how he had visited with Frey in the past, before becoming Vi's demigod. He talked about shifting his prayers from the herald of nature and sex to that of life and stars and brightness. "She has always been kind to me." He finally said, settling again after feeling like he had talked forever. "I think she will continue to answer you, should you continue to do respectable work." That is, saving lives. Searching and rescuing and repairing.
As they talked, the sun began to gently rise over the sands.
FIN
Noah
I am no longer a stone
I can't walk into the shadows alone
I can't walk into the shadows alone
