tryhard

WESSEX out of the night that covers me Wessex watches him chew his lip and doesn’t realize what he’s thinking about (how could she?). The parallels would be inevitable, because the Wraith knows she’s like the Merciless in some ways. She also knows she’s better than Zariah, but they didn’t exactly go from the Evil Stepmother to Cinderella with their Queens, now did they? And as he keeps talking, she realizes just how little she knows about the Abandoned, particularly when he mentions magic slots. It might be as little as he knows about Ascended. “Understood. First -” she counts out the questions on her fingers, “- how many magic slots do you have? Second, we need at least two amulets - for spark birds from Loren. What others were you thinking? A general collection of magic or something specific?” At this point, she just needs him to talk her through it, because she’s sure she’s forgetting something and all she wants is to make a choice that protects the most people. It doesn’t matter who’s idea it is. black as the pit from pole to pole i thank whatever gods may be for my unconquerable soul