Nova
It takes just one star to pierce a universe of darkness.
Caly's voice filters through the nothingness, sounding like it comes from somewhere farther away than right next to her. Nova feels her gaze fall, drifting from the distant horizon to the sand directly below them before settling there for a moment. At first, she doesn't say anything, taking in the words, knowing that her sister's right, but being unable to shove off the heavy cloak of failure dampening the world around her. Their mother had made it clear that nothing's changed, that this is nothing more than a stumble that doesn't define her. So why does it feel like every bit of confidence was shattered when her mom looked at her like that?
The sad blue of her eyes finally slides towards Caly only to quickly fall from her again as Nova rubs a hand down her arm. "I know."
She turns to look out at the desert again, trying to pay attention this time, even if her heart doesn't feel in it, even if she still has the subtle urge to cry. The dunes stretch far and wide, reaching out to the ocean like a cut of sand between the mountainous Draig Cordillera and their home of recent months, King's End. None of it really registers, a vague understanding flowing as she takes it in. Instead, she grapples internally, trying to correlate this bright, infallible person she's always believed herself to be with the one who can bring out that kind of disappointment and failure.
The sad blue of her eyes finally slides towards Caly only to quickly fall from her again as Nova rubs a hand down her arm. "I know."
She turns to look out at the desert again, trying to pay attention this time, even if her heart doesn't feel in it, even if she still has the subtle urge to cry. The dunes stretch far and wide, reaching out to the ocean like a cut of sand between the mountainous Draig Cordillera and their home of recent months, King's End. None of it really registers, a vague understanding flowing as she takes it in. Instead, she grapples internally, trying to correlate this bright, infallible person she's always believed herself to be with the one who can bring out that kind of disappointment and failure.
