the universe is in your bones, the stars in your soul
Kamaria's brows scrunch with confusion at the answer, that LongNight isn't what has made Safrin feel lonely or scared. The young girl hadn't been there in the Hollowed Grounds when it was closed off, but she'd learned about it at school. She'd not heard about her mother's spirits, though. "Spirits?" She echoes, curious gears turning behind her eyes, "What kind of spirits?"
The worry disappears from her face, kissed kindly away by her mother. She giggles softly in the calm air. Fireflies begin to slowly dot and fill up the hills around them, coaxed out by the setting of the sun.
As she listens to her mother's wisdom, she thinks that she gets it now, the necessity of LongNight and dark ocean storms. "Kind of like how flowers need rain to grow?" She hesitates, her cheer dimming for a split second and turning to longing, "Mama, I wish I could be with you and be here at the same time. I like it here, I do, and I'm glad you gave me to Dad so we could be together," she adds with insistence, not wanting her mother to misunderstand and think she is unhappy, "I had no idea how exciting all of this would be, or how much I could do.." again, she deflates, "..when I'm big enough."
The worry disappears from her face, kissed kindly away by her mother. She giggles softly in the calm air. Fireflies begin to slowly dot and fill up the hills around them, coaxed out by the setting of the sun.
As she listens to her mother's wisdom, she thinks that she gets it now, the necessity of LongNight and dark ocean storms. "Kind of like how flowers need rain to grow?" She hesitates, her cheer dimming for a split second and turning to longing, "Mama, I wish I could be with you and be here at the same time. I like it here, I do, and I'm glad you gave me to Dad so we could be together," she adds with insistence, not wanting her mother to misunderstand and think she is unhappy, "I had no idea how exciting all of this would be, or how much I could do.." again, she deflates, "..when I'm big enough."
it's never really the end
Kamaria
