Not just a fighter, not just a dreamer
Amazing creator, relentless believer
In who I am and what I got inside
Amazing creator, relentless believer
In who I am and what I got inside
She wanted to, wanted to cry so badly that she ached. But Seren stubbornly shook her head, and straightened up. Pulling the scarf down from a face that looked drawn and much too tired, she didn't even try to smile.
"I can't," she replied, matter of fact. "This is something I have to get used to. If I cry every time... how will I ever become able to be a strength to others?" She could not succumb to tears and grief every time a spell faded prematurely. Next time, the person by her side might not be Maeve, or have a shoulder ready to lean on. What then? Would she collapse then too?
It simply wouldn't do.
"I am here to be of help to others," she told her friend. "Mother wishes for me to be an inspiration and a hope, someone others will look to for rejuvenation. How can I do that, if I constantly need to be soothed by others?" There was a genuine question in there; Seren keenly felt the weight of expectations on her this day.
While her quest was nearly complete, it only made her realize how many other things were still left to do. Weapons to master, strategy and tactics to memorize and learn, skills to hone in dancing and sketching. She had medicine to study, and skyboats to learn how to captain, and somewhere in all of that there were siblings to meet, friends to support, family growing and expanding while new acquaintances spread out all across Caido.
And the war. Let's not forget the war.
How could she be everywhere at once? It was impossible.
"I can't," she replied, matter of fact. "This is something I have to get used to. If I cry every time... how will I ever become able to be a strength to others?" She could not succumb to tears and grief every time a spell faded prematurely. Next time, the person by her side might not be Maeve, or have a shoulder ready to lean on. What then? Would she collapse then too?
It simply wouldn't do.
"I am here to be of help to others," she told her friend. "Mother wishes for me to be an inspiration and a hope, someone others will look to for rejuvenation. How can I do that, if I constantly need to be soothed by others?" There was a genuine question in there; Seren keenly felt the weight of expectations on her this day.
While her quest was nearly complete, it only made her realize how many other things were still left to do. Weapons to master, strategy and tactics to memorize and learn, skills to hone in dancing and sketching. She had medicine to study, and skyboats to learn how to captain, and somewhere in all of that there were siblings to meet, friends to support, family growing and expanding while new acquaintances spread out all across Caido.
And the war. Let's not forget the war.
How could she be everywhere at once? It was impossible.
Seren
