There it is again, that not quite smile.
"In that, we are in agreement," he murmurs, his dark fingers retreating from the sprigs of flowers, even as the rain hammers now, overhead; naught but a seasonal shower to all but the two who sit within the Temple tonight.
Is there anything that can be done, though? An exhale, tired as the ages, escapes Vi's lips. "Life and death walk hand in hand. Nothing ought to be done to break that cycle. It is the most natural thing that Rae has to offer," he says.
But then she continues, this mortal of the barrier, and her questions suggest more insidious matters indeed. "It is possible," he concedes. "The sickness that infects these woods... no. It is not natural." Something about the deity hardens in that moment, some spur of will. Some catalyst, sparking through the cosmos.
"I will visit the Greatwood. And you..." Vi holds the baker's gaze, and in that moment the Temple slips away entirely, leaving them in a backdrop of black, of nothingness. "Whose work do you do, Amalia Chandrakant? Do not lie to me."
"In that, we are in agreement," he murmurs, his dark fingers retreating from the sprigs of flowers, even as the rain hammers now, overhead; naught but a seasonal shower to all but the two who sit within the Temple tonight.
Is there anything that can be done, though? An exhale, tired as the ages, escapes Vi's lips. "Life and death walk hand in hand. Nothing ought to be done to break that cycle. It is the most natural thing that Rae has to offer," he says.
But then she continues, this mortal of the barrier, and her questions suggest more insidious matters indeed. "It is possible," he concedes. "The sickness that infects these woods... no. It is not natural." Something about the deity hardens in that moment, some spur of will. Some catalyst, sparking through the cosmos.
"I will visit the Greatwood. And you..." Vi holds the baker's gaze, and in that moment the Temple slips away entirely, leaving them in a backdrop of black, of nothingness. "Whose work do you do, Amalia Chandrakant? Do not lie to me."
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