JUNIPER
you think i'm happy because i'm smiling,
but it's the easiest thing to do
For all her desire not to argue with Azrael, not to put them off, Juniper couldn't help frowning a little when they described the Voice as "very nice." Maybe she was ... to her followers. All Juniper knew of the goddess was that she had ordered the attack on the Fae, and was therefore culpable for it.but it's the easiest thing to do
As she continued to listen to Azrael, Juniper's frown deepened a little. She could see that the child lived in a pleasant bubble, and she wasn't sure whether it was appropriate for her to pop it. Someone had to, someday, but perhaps that better came from a friend than a stranger -- but would Azrael's friends, their Ascended family, ever really show them the harsh realities of the world? Above all, Juniper didn't want to be cruel.
So she asked gently: "Nice places like the Hollowed Grounds?"
Wessex's description of the Grounds swam into her minds: the place's own Queen had called it a shithole. Presumably she had not shared that opinion with Azrael.
Then Azrael asked for tales of the Fae, and Juniper had to smile. Oh, most of her people would have taken such a request poorly -- would have asked if the Ascended had not yet taken enough from them, that they wanted their stories as well -- but Juniper didn't mind. The more the two peoples knew about each other, she hoped, the less they would want to exterminate each other.
"A story ... Well, it's Leafchange, which means that we have to be on the lookout for memory puddles. Every so often, when you look into a puddle in the Greatwood, you'll see something other than a reflection -- you'll catch a glimpse of the future, of things yet to come."
if you looked a little closer,
you'd find my eyes aren't smiling too.
you'd find my eyes aren't smiling too.
