Trapped in the embrace of the vines, Jigano continued to struggle, writhing as best he could even with his head bent back. Releasing the Fae he had been anchored on - no longer needing an anchor if he couldn't dig - he instead tried to curl his tail around Delah 's arm, where she had been holding hands with the other Fae, providing her in anchor in case the ground should shift further.
But Amalia's plea is finally met with words, a consciousness, even one so weary as the voice that reached out to them at last. Jigano's heart went back to the weary creature, having felt such despair himself but recently. Remembering Amalia's words, however, he does his best to focus on happier memories - many of them from his time on Caido: exchanging gifts with Melita at the Longheat celebration, lighting candles with Amalia and Rory under the Fiat Lux moon, crafting songs in the spring sunshine beside Rory, drinking tea and sharing gossip in Sam's comfortable home, singing to the luxere with Amalia... the day Isuma's egg had hatched and he had rushed her to the Infirmary for Isla's advice.
They did not know, the python sang gently back within their minds. But we do, and you are not alone anymore. There is another like you, a Tulmhainar who lives with the Fae. Please, won't you meet him? Won't you see the light of sun and stars again with us? Please, just give us one more chance to help you see the sky again.
Snake-gano attempts to use his tail to help anchor Delah so she doesn't get dragged beneath the earth. He begs the mental voice to come with them and see the sky again while offering it joyful memories.
But Amalia's plea is finally met with words, a consciousness, even one so weary as the voice that reached out to them at last. Jigano's heart went back to the weary creature, having felt such despair himself but recently. Remembering Amalia's words, however, he does his best to focus on happier memories - many of them from his time on Caido: exchanging gifts with Melita at the Longheat celebration, lighting candles with Amalia and Rory under the Fiat Lux moon, crafting songs in the spring sunshine beside Rory, drinking tea and sharing gossip in Sam's comfortable home, singing to the luxere with Amalia... the day Isuma's egg had hatched and he had rushed her to the Infirmary for Isla's advice.
They did not know, the python sang gently back within their minds. But we do, and you are not alone anymore. There is another like you, a Tulmhainar who lives with the Fae. Please, won't you meet him? Won't you see the light of sun and stars again with us? Please, just give us one more chance to help you see the sky again.
Snake-gano attempts to use his tail to help anchor Delah so she doesn't get dragged beneath the earth. He begs the mental voice to come with them and see the sky again while offering it joyful memories.
