some ghosts keep you company
Mort's assurances were a warm balm on her soul, soothing away her anxieties with ease. He was so good and kind, the depth of his empathy too precious for this realm in which they stood, her soul so undeserving. And yet he gave it to her willingly, and she clung to it with childish desperation.
Was fighting what she wished to do? It was a question she had not considered, and her gaze fell to the ground as she pondered it. Slowly her head began to shake. No. Fighting did not seem her course. Fighting was not what she had been made for. Protecting was he place. She protected souls who would otherwise fall to the likes of wild cat sith. She sought to protect the woods and her home. Did she have to fight to make that happen? Not necessarily. "I am a gatherer of souls, but a protector too. Perhaps, instead what I seek, is a way to protect those around me. Is there such a thing I can use or that can be made for this purpose? Even raising the cast away bodies of the dead to use as a shield or sending friends and foes briefly to your realm to keep them at bay?" she asked, looking back up at him They were two different ideas, but fell more in line with what felt right in her soul.
"But she has not returned the others to you still? The souls of the dead ascended?" she asked, tilting her head.
Was fighting what she wished to do? It was a question she had not considered, and her gaze fell to the ground as she pondered it. Slowly her head began to shake. No. Fighting did not seem her course. Fighting was not what she had been made for. Protecting was he place. She protected souls who would otherwise fall to the likes of wild cat sith. She sought to protect the woods and her home. Did she have to fight to make that happen? Not necessarily. "I am a gatherer of souls, but a protector too. Perhaps, instead what I seek, is a way to protect those around me. Is there such a thing I can use or that can be made for this purpose? Even raising the cast away bodies of the dead to use as a shield or sending friends and foes briefly to your realm to keep them at bay?" she asked, looking back up at him They were two different ideas, but fell more in line with what felt right in her soul.
"But she has not returned the others to you still? The souls of the dead ascended?" she asked, tilting her head.
DELPHIA
until you can trust the living once more
