empires fall when we move the unmovable, so tell me all of my secrets, tell me all of my lies,
For a while, all she hears is static. That, in and of itself, is weird; normally all she gets is silence if there aren't any Ascended around, and with her mind on more important matters, the demigod can't quite figure out what it means. The feeling she gets from it, however, is slightly foreboding. It would set her teeth on edge if she were prone to that kind of thing.
The man makes his way to a bench and casually sits down, throwing an arm along the top and adopting the role of the bystander simply killing time. Her mind, however, is still faithfully sending out the query, unwilling to give up just because the answer isn't immediate. And then - finally - something breaks through the noise. The faint, but distinct reply in a voice she recognizes: Wessex?
Yes! She immediately sends back, and the man subconsciously straightens. I'm here. And I'm not leaving without you. Goddess, she knows better than to make those kinds of promises, but she has to give her sister something to hold on to. And hope. Above all, hope and the comfort that she hasn’t been abandoned. Family means no one gets left behind, if she can help it.
The man makes his way to a bench and casually sits down, throwing an arm along the top and adopting the role of the bystander simply killing time. Her mind, however, is still faithfully sending out the query, unwilling to give up just because the answer isn't immediate. And then - finally - something breaks through the noise. The faint, but distinct reply in a voice she recognizes: Wessex?
Yes! She immediately sends back, and the man subconsciously straightens. I'm here. And I'm not leaving without you. Goddess, she knows better than to make those kinds of promises, but she has to give her sister something to hold on to. And hope. Above all, hope and the comfort that she hasn’t been abandoned. Family means no one gets left behind, if she can help it.
WESSEX
