MAEA
Carry me through this world alive
I feel no more, this suffering
I feel no more, this suffering
Was this the moment where she was supposed to reveal that she already knew his name? That Jigano had told her about it when he welcomed her back into the guild they both belonged to, and that she since had deduced - based on what Adam had told her - that some other Launceleyn had arrived to Caido on the other side of the Fangs, before the barrier had even fallen from the Hollowed Ground? The girl did consider it. But it seemed... a little unfair somehow. That she should know so much about Loren while she remained cloaked in her secrets, as surely as she draped herself with the ragged shawl?
Well. Perhaps not today. She did not want to take away from him the pleasure of making a revelation. And the information that the Warden was the brother was indeed a connection she had not quite made yet, so Maea let it color her face with the surprise she genuinely felt. Smiled at him with a grateful nod.
"So, in a way you're back home again? Amongst kin." She couldn't tell if he thought it was a truly good thing.
His own query came quite suddenly, and it left her speechless for a moment. Maea had actively tried not to think of her family for a full year now (though it still felt like only a few months had passed since she said goodbye to them that last time) and to get the question thrown at her like that was... painful. Like a punch to the gut, taking her breath away.
"Yes," she eventually said, inhaling softly in a poor attempt at keeping her tone light. Hold the grief at bay. Don't make this worse, he's already sad. "A brother, Noah. He... passed away, the LongNight before this."
It was surprising, how easily it could be said. Like it hadn't changed everything.
Well. Perhaps not today. She did not want to take away from him the pleasure of making a revelation. And the information that the Warden was the brother was indeed a connection she had not quite made yet, so Maea let it color her face with the surprise she genuinely felt. Smiled at him with a grateful nod.
"So, in a way you're back home again? Amongst kin." She couldn't tell if he thought it was a truly good thing.
His own query came quite suddenly, and it left her speechless for a moment. Maea had actively tried not to think of her family for a full year now (though it still felt like only a few months had passed since she said goodbye to them that last time) and to get the question thrown at her like that was... painful. Like a punch to the gut, taking her breath away.
"Yes," she eventually said, inhaling softly in a poor attempt at keeping her tone light. Hold the grief at bay. Don't make this worse, he's already sad. "A brother, Noah. He... passed away, the LongNight before this."
It was surprising, how easily it could be said. Like it hadn't changed everything.
Bury me in this cold light
I feed the wolf, and shed my skin
I feed the wolf, and shed my skin
