I will stand by you forever; you can take my breath away
Watching him consider the suggestion, she adds a little more encouragement. “I know a few of our siblings will be there too. Letha, Nate, probably Amun.” Sam, definitely, though she purposefully leaves him out of the conversation. Between what she knows and what she will eventually find out, she cannot consider him a member of the family any more. Torchline is the safest place, she thinks, and even though it’s a little controlling, she’d rather be bossy than lose people this year.
“Oh, no, don’t worry about it. I wasn’t sure how much knowledge She gave you,” the Wraith says as she can see his hair begin to turn a gray and the little frown that creeps in. “There’s something I have to do in Flowerbirth and want to be prepared, that’s all.”
Eager to change the topic, she glances around at the dark walls, remembers the adventure of opening the Spire and everything that happened here. Touching it almost reverently for all it’s been through, she looks at the hand, the nanites she can’t really see, and the upgrades in her knuckles. “So what did you think of our family?” Asking quietly, Wessex is loathe to admit to herself that she hasn’t quite processed everything. Full of her own biases, worries, and Amun’s opinion, the input of someone who seems them with new, unusual eyes is welcome.
“Oh, no, don’t worry about it. I wasn’t sure how much knowledge She gave you,” the Wraith says as she can see his hair begin to turn a gray and the little frown that creeps in. “There’s something I have to do in Flowerbirth and want to be prepared, that’s all.”
Eager to change the topic, she glances around at the dark walls, remembers the adventure of opening the Spire and everything that happened here. Touching it almost reverently for all it’s been through, she looks at the hand, the nanites she can’t really see, and the upgrades in her knuckles. “So what did you think of our family?” Asking quietly, Wessex is loathe to admit to herself that she hasn’t quite processed everything. Full of her own biases, worries, and Amun’s opinion, the input of someone who seems them with new, unusual eyes is welcome.
WESSEX
