MAEA
Carry me through this world alive
I feel no more, this suffering
I feel no more, this suffering
Silence.
Not just a beat of it, but a whole avalanche. Maea had paled at the suggestion, and grew very still. Considering him, the alternative, the unusual softness and concern in Amun's voice and expression. He really did care, didn't he... and went so far as to risk reopening a wound between them to help.
She could appreciate that, at least.
"There would be a steep price to pay, no doubt," Maea finally said. Quiet, soft, a little distant. "Even if she could, and would deign to help an abandoned... I'm not sure I would be willing to pay it."
Her hand went to the lower abdomen, where something had withered to let her see clearly. If that was the price to merely look at the world and the kind man who sat beside her? She shuddered to think what it might cost to completely overhaul her body.
Not just a beat of it, but a whole avalanche. Maea had paled at the suggestion, and grew very still. Considering him, the alternative, the unusual softness and concern in Amun's voice and expression. He really did care, didn't he... and went so far as to risk reopening a wound between them to help.
She could appreciate that, at least.
"There would be a steep price to pay, no doubt," Maea finally said. Quiet, soft, a little distant. "Even if she could, and would deign to help an abandoned... I'm not sure I would be willing to pay it."
Her hand went to the lower abdomen, where something had withered to let her see clearly. If that was the price to merely look at the world and the kind man who sat beside her? She shuddered to think what it might cost to completely overhaul her body.
Bury me in this cold light
I feed the wolf, and shed my skin
I feed the wolf, and shed my skin
