these voices won't leave me alone
"Nothing to care for you say? What of that Will-o-Wisp about your shoulder?" she said with a light laugh. "And are friends not similar to family? Can they not be accommodated?" she asked, tilting her head at the pale girl. "Tradition need not be so stringent that it cannot grow as life changes. This ritual I used to do with my mother...it was never in the river or the ocean, but in flowing hot sulfur springs." she said, shrugging a bit. "Keep the practice wherever you are, with whoever you are with, and the tradition lives on."
But it seemed Maea's heart was far more troubled over this man than she thought. While she spoke at length, Delphia slipped on the flowing gown over her lithe frame. "It is hard for me to understand, because I love everyone, as is the nature I attained from my father. But..." she laughed a little and shook her head. "You make it sound so complicated. If it is love, what you need is what they need." she said, cocking her head to the side, looking at Maea curiously. "So do you really love him, and does he really love you? Or do you both simply love the idea of loving?" she asked.
"Playing tag with Cat Sith is not enough to remember me by?" she joked, laughing lightly. But she would certainly not deny Maea her request. "Come then. Let me teach you what my mother taught me so many years ago."
But it seemed Maea's heart was far more troubled over this man than she thought. While she spoke at length, Delphia slipped on the flowing gown over her lithe frame. "It is hard for me to understand, because I love everyone, as is the nature I attained from my father. But..." she laughed a little and shook her head. "You make it sound so complicated. If it is love, what you need is what they need." she said, cocking her head to the side, looking at Maea curiously. "So do you really love him, and does he really love you? Or do you both simply love the idea of loving?" she asked.
"Playing tag with Cat Sith is not enough to remember me by?" she joked, laughing lightly. But she would certainly not deny Maea her request. "Come then. Let me teach you what my mother taught me so many years ago."
DELPHIA
