How can you remain, Staring at the rain, Maddened by the stars?
Azure cautiously pushed herself off the ground, drawing her legs close against her body. She touched her neck again, as if to make sure the bandages were still there, and not a figment of her imagination.
When the figure in the dark wiped his face a memory clicked into place. An image of the Ascended's eyes welling up with fluid while blood red lips spoke rushed apologies. A strange sight. Azure listened to him ask forgiveness now, staying quiet, watching carefully from behind her lashes. She hated this. He'd just torn into her throat because he'd failed to do the only thing Ascended are required to do to and now she looked at him, huddled in the dark like a wounded beast, and she felt unmistakable traces of... sympathy.
That was just another thing to be mad at him about.
She'd let his apology hang in the air before deciding to speak. "So you brought me to the dankest cave you could find?" Bitter sarcasm came through her words, but quickly subsided into something of a grumble. She rubbed her arms, desperate for a little warmth. "So, are you gonna get some firewood or are you gonna leave me to expire?" Despite her words, her tone had lost some of its sharpness. The truth was that she could use his help, even though she felt indignant about asking for it.
It was only then that she noticed that the curse that had been binding her tongue wouldn't have normally allowed her to speak so freely. A weight lifted, but her situation was too precarious for her to enjoy it.
Azure
