EVIE
It's true, his relief is palpable, but Evie cannot regret the length of her own surprise. His heart never ceases to take her aback, and she hopes the day never comes where that changes. He is so familiar and so new in alternating visions. She never wants to stop being surprised by the depth of her own affection for him.
He has trained her to get her head in the game quickly, but the warmth twining between her ribs is an unbroken string even the Fates' scissors could never cut. It stays with her even as she demonstrates the move she has been working on, even as his own attack comes hurtling down at her. Light on her toes, Evie dodge-rolls forward, using her shield to hit the ground and curl over it. Knowing Deimos would not stop the chase there, she turns - in a braced kneel lower to the ground where the length of the boughs can't reach as easily, and far harder now to knock over - the Evergreen reaches with her own magic to break and snap the thick boughs at their bases where they connect to the trunk, watching them fall like massive kindling.
He has trained her to get her head in the game quickly, but the warmth twining between her ribs is an unbroken string even the Fates' scissors could never cut. It stays with her even as she demonstrates the move she has been working on, even as his own attack comes hurtling down at her. Light on her toes, Evie dodge-rolls forward, using her shield to hit the ground and curl over it. Knowing Deimos would not stop the chase there, she turns - in a braced kneel lower to the ground where the length of the boughs can't reach as easily, and far harder now to knock over - the Evergreen reaches with her own magic to break and snap the thick boughs at their bases where they connect to the trunk, watching them fall like massive kindling.
Don't look up, just let them think
There's no place else you'd rather be
There's no place else you'd rather be
