Love, let's talk about love
Unaware of the worries playing in his mind, Seren picked at a loose thread in her clothing. "That's the gist of it, yeah," she said quietly. "It's an old city, from before the last war, I think. And they've implemented some very strict laws. Magic is not allowed in the city. Nor are Ascended, or Abandoned. There are wards everywhere that turn magic users to stone if they try to enter..." And that alone was enough for her to feel uneasy, even if her abilities were of a slightly different nature.
"But that's not why I... It's the attitude the people there have, against magic users. They... they are actively preventing magical children from being born. Apparently they can detect even in the woumb if the child is Abandoned. And they... allow it to be born within the city. So that it won't survive."
Even speaking the words brought on that same wave of nausea and horror as the first time Seren heard of the practice. She didn't look at Sah, couldn't stand to see his reaction to this. Not when she was living in a place like that, eating and sleeping while such a thing went on unchallenged.
It made her feel so impossibly tainted.
"But that's not why I... It's the attitude the people there have, against magic users. They... they are actively preventing magical children from being born. Apparently they can detect even in the woumb if the child is Abandoned. And they... allow it to be born within the city. So that it won't survive."
Even speaking the words brought on that same wave of nausea and horror as the first time Seren heard of the practice. She didn't look at Sah, couldn't stand to see his reaction to this. Not when she was living in a place like that, eating and sleeping while such a thing went on unchallenged.
It made her feel so impossibly tainted.
Is it anything and everything you hoped for?
SEREN
