Come sit right here and sleep while I slip poison in your ear
Mabel felt too tied down to her roots, to the tethers and lines of this world to ever truly embark, move, and maneuver into Torchline. She’d tried, once, to assist, and wound up dead for her efforts, with a fear of water, of the basking sea, of the rising tides. Its endless sun seemed a stretch of deterrent for her too; accompanied either by the shadow of the parasol or the darkness of an evening. But if there were others who’d managed to break free, to find themselves settled into the dominion, and safe, maybe that was all that mattered. “Why do you say ‘for the most part’?” Sunjata and Nate had both been kind to her – even at her dumbest.
Abandoned being natural allies made sense; save for the ones who’d already tied themselves to the Old Gods – bowing their heads to individuals who’d once ostracized them. The contradictions almost made her sneer – but she left the snarl behind her teeth and tongue, where it rested in some unholy malice.
The laugh didn’t leave any room for confidence either – and the eerie set of her stare focused back on Samuel, and then to the fire. Questions for the Voice. They’d have so many that it would all pile up; overwhelm. “Okay.” Maybe it was something she could ask too; for herself, for people around her, for whatever the hell was going to happen next. “If you need help with anything, let me know.” She could at least try to provide some aid while she wandered around with her daggers in hand.
Abandoned being natural allies made sense; save for the ones who’d already tied themselves to the Old Gods – bowing their heads to individuals who’d once ostracized them. The contradictions almost made her sneer – but she left the snarl behind her teeth and tongue, where it rested in some unholy malice.
The laugh didn’t leave any room for confidence either – and the eerie set of her stare focused back on Samuel, and then to the fire. Questions for the Voice. They’d have so many that it would all pile up; overwhelm. “Okay.” Maybe it was something she could ask too; for herself, for people around her, for whatever the hell was going to happen next. “If you need help with anything, let me know.” She could at least try to provide some aid while she wandered around with her daggers in hand.
MABEL
