The Honeysuckle Princess

Oh. She had, hadn't she? She chewed her lip as she considered why she had made that word choice. She wasn't a liability in a general sense, but having no defense systems when faced with danger made her one in certain situations, and being so meant the children with her would be unsafe. Adults had a choice to be around her, knowing she was useless in a fight, but generally children didn't. They relied on her...and she needed to be worthy of being relied on in all capacities to a certain extent. And...perhaps in a way, it was recognition that she needed to protect herself too, even if the primary purpose was so she could protect the little ones in her life. "As usual you're right. I will work on being more direct and clear." she said softly, adding it to her ever growing list of things to work on. Some might be frustrated with such a list, but Frey's advice had always helped her become better in some way. She wouldn't discount them any observations they had to offer. Besides, she didn't want to disappoint Frey. For a moment she simply appreciated watching their physics defying posture on the water, taken not just with their pleased appearance but unfathomable abilities. But boy, was their next observation a doosey. Her expression fell into one of pure horror at the picture Frey painted. Immediately she thought of Chris and Milly, the nightmares they suffered from hearing what happened to their family during Long Night. "Oh no...no no no that would be awful that was a stupid thing to suggest." Phoebe said quickly, her hands pressing to her cheeks as she rapidly shook her head. She was trying to take things into her own hands, to get the tools she needed to not have to rely on someone else to do the protecting (as it became ever clearer that she wouldn't always have that luxury) but her lack of knowledge of how to even go about defending from violence meant she had some serious oversight. "Maybe...maybe something that would make a portal or something to get away through? Oh but then whoever would probably just follow through..." she started, then immediately found the problem with that solution. Her brows furrowed and cheeks puffed up as she tried to think of what was actually going to be useful. Something that could give them protection but the ability to control where they went and how quickly and where to stop. Frey wouldn't give her the answer, they simply directed her down a path and it was her responsibility to take it and run with it to the destination they wanted her to reach - it wasn't their responsibility to figure everything out for her after all, she was blessed to simply have a few moments of their time and attention. "What about...what about something to make us invisible? Like...an invisibility cloak or something? I could fit them under and we could get away from whatever the danger is...or if I couldn't go with they could at least use it to get away. What do you think of that?" she asked, hoping she had thought through the possible pitfalls unlike with the shield idea. Phoebe I'll be your shoulder when you cry