Phoebe
Phoebe was tense. More than tense. She was seriously on edge, a deer caught in a bright light, ready to jump and bolt at a moment’s notice. Every instinct she had screamed for her to turn around and run back home. So even though Melita’s presence wasn’t a surprise, she still jumped a bit when she spoke to her. The blonde glanced at her red-headed friend, smiling a little apologetically. She probably thought she was such a scaredy cat.
Her question had her looking a bit more thoughtful, giving her something other than her own trepidation to focus on. ”Well…I think in part because I had no idea what I was talking about when I was asking them for something with which to defend myself.” she said with a small shrug. ”I’ve never lived anywhere wholly safe, but I have done a pretty good job so far of avoiding major conflict. But with the barrier down…well it’s pretty unlikely I will be able to for long. So…it could also be a way to make me less…wimpy. I guess. A little braver. To push my boundaries a bit. Frey does seem to like to make me do that.” she said with a small smile. ”Which isn’t a bad thing. If I don’t push my boundaries, then I will never grow, right?”
Her question had her looking a bit more thoughtful, giving her something other than her own trepidation to focus on. ”Well…I think in part because I had no idea what I was talking about when I was asking them for something with which to defend myself.” she said with a small shrug. ”I’ve never lived anywhere wholly safe, but I have done a pretty good job so far of avoiding major conflict. But with the barrier down…well it’s pretty unlikely I will be able to for long. So…it could also be a way to make me less…wimpy. I guess. A little braver. To push my boundaries a bit. Frey does seem to like to make me do that.” she said with a small smile. ”Which isn’t a bad thing. If I don’t push my boundaries, then I will never grow, right?”
In These Past Few Days When I See Myself
I Seem Like Someone Else
I Seem Like Someone Else
