Melita
Eating fire is your ambition
to swallow the flame down
to swallow the flame down
The pout grew as the wait dragged, and her thoughts had begun to form one of those maddening vibes where one could stare into the distance and see nothing but a haze of crimson. Her stomach rumbled, and she grew cross about that, because perhaps she shouldn’t have taken her sweet time getting down here –
And then suddenly Ronin appeared.
Her eyes widened and her head shook like she hadn’t realized he’d been there, too caught up in the stewing bits of rage. “Oh hey – pretty good, minus the -,” and then she cast a hand at the gaggle of people either ordering or praying for their food to be done. “I’m about ready to gnaw off a part of the bar,” and then she quirked a smile. “Yours?”
The reality of the Ludo predicament wasn’t something she thought she’d be talking about today, or here, and her gaze sharpened momentarily, before dropping, along with her voice to a whisper. “Yeah, Mort talked to me about it. I feel bad, because I had no idea-” and if she’d gone sooner, could things have transpired that much quicker? She loosened a breath from her chest, and it came out a frustrated sigh. “He said to talk to Safrin, which I’ll do after LongNight. Did Vi mention anything else?”
And then suddenly Ronin appeared.
Her eyes widened and her head shook like she hadn’t realized he’d been there, too caught up in the stewing bits of rage. “Oh hey – pretty good, minus the -,” and then she cast a hand at the gaggle of people either ordering or praying for their food to be done. “I’m about ready to gnaw off a part of the bar,” and then she quirked a smile. “Yours?”
The reality of the Ludo predicament wasn’t something she thought she’d be talking about today, or here, and her gaze sharpened momentarily, before dropping, along with her voice to a whisper. “Yeah, Mort talked to me about it. I feel bad, because I had no idea-” and if she’d gone sooner, could things have transpired that much quicker? She loosened a breath from her chest, and it came out a frustrated sigh. “He said to talk to Safrin, which I’ll do after LongNight. Did Vi mention anything else?”
to be lit up from within, vein by vein
to be the sun
to be the sun
