Fall on me with open arms. Fall on me from where you are
Hazy images flitted across her inner vision. Of faces she'd seen, people she had met. Wessex, Letha, Samuel, Nate. What would she do, if the day came when they stood face to face, with weapons in hand? The very thought churned in her stomach, a roiling nausea of indecision overlaying a cool, calm whisper that suggested to the starchild that she would do whatever was necessary. Seren did not want to hear it, and shook her head sharply as if the image could be dispelled from her mind.
"I hope I never have to find out," she said fiercely. Aisha's assurance helped to soothe her, and her smile grew steadier for it. Seren held out her hand towards the woman, offering... what? A bargain? Support? Maybe she was simply begging more reassurance for herself.
"Thank you. I want to be your friend too. I am your friend. So don't hesitate to tell me I'm being an idiot, if I ever start to look that way to you."
As for the question she had left unanswered... The expression on the girl's face grew somber again. "Those of races unwelcome in Stormbreak will be turned to stone, should they try to enter the city. If there is anything I would want to fight for, it would be to ensure that such cruel defenses are destroyed. The Abandoned and Ascended are discriminated against because of the Voice's conflict with the Old Gods. If that conflict can be settled... then maybe a day can come where anyone can walk freely through the capitol."
"I hope I never have to find out," she said fiercely. Aisha's assurance helped to soothe her, and her smile grew steadier for it. Seren held out her hand towards the woman, offering... what? A bargain? Support? Maybe she was simply begging more reassurance for herself.
"Thank you. I want to be your friend too. I am your friend. So don't hesitate to tell me I'm being an idiot, if I ever start to look that way to you."
As for the question she had left unanswered... The expression on the girl's face grew somber again. "Those of races unwelcome in Stormbreak will be turned to stone, should they try to enter the city. If there is anything I would want to fight for, it would be to ensure that such cruel defenses are destroyed. The Abandoned and Ascended are discriminated against because of the Voice's conflict with the Old Gods. If that conflict can be settled... then maybe a day can come where anyone can walk freely through the capitol."
Seren
