Aurelia
You don't have to be a hero to save the world
You don't have to be a prodigy to be unique
You don't have to be a prodigy to be unique
As she takes pause in the motions of picking things up, as she looks at him with a mixture of emotions in her gaze, she can't help the tension that twists up from her spine. It coils between her shoulder blades like it's ready for an attack. Like an uninvited guest, that gut-wrenching, defensive first instinct. Her eyes drop at the sound of glass breaking. She blinks down at the crate and her teeth come down over her bottom lip, troubling it. She doesn't go with first instincts anymore. At least, not in terms of matters like this.
"I-" she clears her throat, putting her full attention on him, "Everything started happening one after the other. The regional quest for a healing fountain, a... meeting with one of the Greatwood's leaders, trying to build a council from the ground up. Trying to prove that I was.. good enough, smart enough, strong enough," she scoffs at herself for it now, shaking her head and looking away towards the water for a moment. Then back again, to study his face carefully as she goes on, "I wasn't really myself. I became engrossed with what I thought I needed to do.. and then Remi... I felt that I had to prove myself, for so many reasons. I agreed to help him. There wasn't much time, he was ready to go immediately.
"I didn't... I didn't want to face you that day." She flinches at her own admission, "I know it's selfish, I know," her voice strains as her words hasten and her face flushes, "I just- I didn't want to have to say goodbye to you. I didn't want you to worry and I thought that maybe if I did things quickly enough, I could do everything I needed to and be back before you even..." she stops suddenly, trailing off. Folding her arms over her abdomen, she sighs, "but that didn't work out the way I planned."
"I-" she clears her throat, putting her full attention on him, "Everything started happening one after the other. The regional quest for a healing fountain, a... meeting with one of the Greatwood's leaders, trying to build a council from the ground up. Trying to prove that I was.. good enough, smart enough, strong enough," she scoffs at herself for it now, shaking her head and looking away towards the water for a moment. Then back again, to study his face carefully as she goes on, "I wasn't really myself. I became engrossed with what I thought I needed to do.. and then Remi... I felt that I had to prove myself, for so many reasons. I agreed to help him. There wasn't much time, he was ready to go immediately.
"I didn't... I didn't want to face you that day." She flinches at her own admission, "I know it's selfish, I know," her voice strains as her words hasten and her face flushes, "I just- I didn't want to have to say goodbye to you. I didn't want you to worry and I thought that maybe if I did things quickly enough, I could do everything I needed to and be back before you even..." she stops suddenly, trailing off. Folding her arms over her abdomen, she sighs, "but that didn't work out the way I planned."
It feels like nothing is easy, it'll never be
That's alright, let it out, talk to me
That's alright, let it out, talk to me
code credits go to Skylark!<3
