Amalia;
Amalia has an entourage of stars.
Well, she has three. Three stars and Jyoti: it is still mistifying, dizzying, the strangest and most wonderful thing to have happened in a year of strange and wonderful occurrences. Leopard-hearted daughter of an evening sky, she can hardly recognize herself in the face of the girl who lives here now, her ardor and passion such unfamiliar things.
How strange and beautiful a year can be.
The Glade would be the obvious choice for her shrine, except that there is already one here. Amalia goes to it anyway, stopping to pray for Safrin's well being before padding deeper into the tranquil clearing, her bare feet leaving crackling trails in the scattered autumn leaves. There is someone else here, someone familiar; pausing in her absent song, the girl freezes and turns around, surprised to find herself facing down Ronin. A bright but shy smile lights her face: their encounters have been... Interesting, to say the least.
"Ronin!" she calls to the guild master, waving the hand not holding a staff while Jyoti swims forward to better meet the man, the other three stars lingering back. "What are you doing out here?"
Well, she has three. Three stars and Jyoti: it is still mistifying, dizzying, the strangest and most wonderful thing to have happened in a year of strange and wonderful occurrences. Leopard-hearted daughter of an evening sky, she can hardly recognize herself in the face of the girl who lives here now, her ardor and passion such unfamiliar things.
How strange and beautiful a year can be.
The Glade would be the obvious choice for her shrine, except that there is already one here. Amalia goes to it anyway, stopping to pray for Safrin's well being before padding deeper into the tranquil clearing, her bare feet leaving crackling trails in the scattered autumn leaves. There is someone else here, someone familiar; pausing in her absent song, the girl freezes and turns around, surprised to find herself facing down Ronin. A bright but shy smile lights her face: their encounters have been... Interesting, to say the least.
"Ronin!" she calls to the guild master, waving the hand not holding a staff while Jyoti swims forward to better meet the man, the other three stars lingering back. "What are you doing out here?"
dry your smoke-stung eyes
you can see the light
you can see the light
