Amalia
the shield of safrin
"I guess she is now." The protectiveness Evie feels flies over Amalia's head, the idea of Maea - Maea - managing to injure a single soul still rather laughable to her. "The influence of her boyfriend, I imagine. Sunjata." The disdain is evident in her voice; despite their quasi-reconciliation, Amalia still sees the man as another blowhard Outlander.
She has more on her mind than Maea's latest mood swing, though. Reminiscing on the past, fearing for the future- she dwells on history and yearns for closure, smiling nostalgically when Evie admits to missing her mother as well. "She would be furious to see me now - Attuned, following Safrin, living with an Outlander." She grins ruefully, bumping her shoulder against Evie's. "But she would be proud of you. I think she wished you'd been her daughter. She certainly thought of you as one." There's no bitterness in Amalia's voice as she says this: she feels nothing but happiness for her friend's relationship with her mother, especially after learning more about the Wordsworth elders from Sam.
The puddles are beautiful, but it isn't at the water that Amalia gazes: it's Evie, the woman she loves as a sister, the woman who is her sister, a fact the Shield has no idea how to bring to light. "They say if you look at them you'll see things, like your future or... or your past. Or something. Something you want."
Biting her lip, she glances back down at the water. She's rubbing her arm with her right hand, a clear sign of anxiety, that there's something on her mind. It seems to glitter, but part of her is terrified to peer much closer and see what secrets it holds. Besides, the redhead has always been the bolder of the pair: it's consistent for the older girl to go first. "What do you see in it, Evie?"
She has more on her mind than Maea's latest mood swing, though. Reminiscing on the past, fearing for the future- she dwells on history and yearns for closure, smiling nostalgically when Evie admits to missing her mother as well. "She would be furious to see me now - Attuned, following Safrin, living with an Outlander." She grins ruefully, bumping her shoulder against Evie's. "But she would be proud of you. I think she wished you'd been her daughter. She certainly thought of you as one." There's no bitterness in Amalia's voice as she says this: she feels nothing but happiness for her friend's relationship with her mother, especially after learning more about the Wordsworth elders from Sam.
The puddles are beautiful, but it isn't at the water that Amalia gazes: it's Evie, the woman she loves as a sister, the woman who is her sister, a fact the Shield has no idea how to bring to light. "They say if you look at them you'll see things, like your future or... or your past. Or something. Something you want."
Biting her lip, she glances back down at the water. She's rubbing her arm with her right hand, a clear sign of anxiety, that there's something on her mind. It seems to glitter, but part of her is terrified to peer much closer and see what secrets it holds. Besides, the redhead has always been the bolder of the pair: it's consistent for the older girl to go first. "What do you see in it, Evie?"
you drew memories in my mind
i could never erase
you painted colors in my heart
i could never replace
