you shine brighter than anyone

Sohalia

Sohalia was a sheltered child, and her experiences thus far in Caido beyond the limits of her home village in the Hollowed Grounds had been exceedingly positive. It was perhaps to be expected that her bright and shining expectations of the world would be dashed at some point, that, eventually, she would have to realize that the universe was not all sunshine and rainbows. Luckily, however, hers was a happy nature, and today was not the day that she was to delve too deeply into terror and angst. Instead, the longer she spoke with Deimos, the more she seemed to recover, and by the time Belial strutted to her side, she was back to her bright and sunny self.

She giggled as the peryton whirled around her, reaching out to offer her hand for him to sniff. She would happily provide scratches if she knew where the creature wanted to be pet, and she hoped that perhaps Belial would settle under her touch and show her where he'd prefer to be rubbed. "You're not obnoxious, are you?" she murmured cheerfully to the carnivorous deer. Then she eyed the unicorn, which had snorted, and she reached a hand out to Zuriel as well, hoping to coax the unicorn closer, not wanting her to feel left out.

By now the towel had been taken and dried, and Soh's attention was diverted from his companions to Deimos himself. "Oh, I'm from the Hollowed Grounds originally, but I spent a few months in the Greatwood before I came out here to explore," she explained, chatty and cheerful as was her way. "I wanted to see the Oerwoud for myself. I think I'm going to visit Stormbreak next, but I've heard good things about Halo. I'm just not sure how I'd handle the cold."

and that's the hope I have
the only thing I know that's keeping me alive