Amalia
Amalia nods as Remi explains, chewing her lip thoughtfully as he explains a similar experience to that she has had. Being able to feel the animals came easy, early, a sort of companionship shared strongly with owls and lightly with cats. Perhaps if she were to encounter a leopard... but Amalia has never seen such a feline, not outside of novels and art.
The calling is comforting, but the commands are what set her ill at ease, a little perturbed by the idea that she can bend the wills of living things. Still, though, it is not entirely surprising- the girl has read a good deal about Attuned, accounts of others doing the same. But the addition of all animals makes her raise a brow, once again impressed and taken aback by how much stronger the Outlanders are, how easily they grasp the gifts of the gods. A twinge of inadequacy eases through her, the same insecurities brought to the fore. Amalia swallows in an attempt to smother those feelings before Remi can sense them, never wanting to hurt her friend.
"I would worry about hurting them." Her long fingers slide over the shield, tracing patterns and pathways, brows furrowed in thought. "Or making them do something they don't want to. It seems... wrong, to be able to force another living thing to my will."
The calling is comforting, but the commands are what set her ill at ease, a little perturbed by the idea that she can bend the wills of living things. Still, though, it is not entirely surprising- the girl has read a good deal about Attuned, accounts of others doing the same. But the addition of all animals makes her raise a brow, once again impressed and taken aback by how much stronger the Outlanders are, how easily they grasp the gifts of the gods. A twinge of inadequacy eases through her, the same insecurities brought to the fore. Amalia swallows in an attempt to smother those feelings before Remi can sense them, never wanting to hurt her friend.
"I would worry about hurting them." Her long fingers slide over the shield, tracing patterns and pathways, brows furrowed in thought. "Or making them do something they don't want to. It seems... wrong, to be able to force another living thing to my will."
with a brave heart anything is possible
