She seems to relax, but something is amiss. He cannot know how this place works on her, its effect almost the opposite on her as it sits on him. With her there is a lack of color. Her voice is pale as a bleached bone, fragile, waiting to crack.
That strange creature hangs alongside her.
"Yes," Seiji says, gently. He continues to move toward her, until only a normal speaking distance remains between them. An odd place to have a conversation, here on the pale bridge, above the fathomless depths. He feels suddenly as if they ought to move. As if this is a place one must visit alone, untouched by the ripples made by others. Or maybe he's just worried.
Has something happened to Amalia? He has been too long absent from the world, content to slip into reverie and pretend inertia will solve anything. Seiji's dark eyes study her features, though, so unique, so distinct against the collage of other faces he keeps stored in memory. "Is this your friend?" he asks, and gestures to the whale. He doesn't know what else to say. He wants to take her in his arms, or lead her away from here. He wants... to be a better person than he is, right now.
A person capable of changing things.
That strange creature hangs alongside her.
"Yes," Seiji says, gently. He continues to move toward her, until only a normal speaking distance remains between them. An odd place to have a conversation, here on the pale bridge, above the fathomless depths. He feels suddenly as if they ought to move. As if this is a place one must visit alone, untouched by the ripples made by others. Or maybe he's just worried.
Has something happened to Amalia? He has been too long absent from the world, content to slip into reverie and pretend inertia will solve anything. Seiji's dark eyes study her features, though, so unique, so distinct against the collage of other faces he keeps stored in memory. "Is this your friend?" he asks, and gestures to the whale. He doesn't know what else to say. He wants to take her in his arms, or lead her away from here. He wants... to be a better person than he is, right now.
A person capable of changing things.
