AmaLiA
the shield of safrin
If anyone had told her even this morning that she would be sitting on a shrine while Safrin braided her hair, Amalia would have laughed in uproarious disbelief. Yet here she is, her back to the goddess, the beautiful necklace of charms and stars glittering on her exposed neck as celestial fingers pull back her long, unruly locks.
That Mort would not want the Ascended culled is another weight off Amalia's shoulders, reassurance that her understanding of her Gods is not entirely off base. And to hear that Roana had invented the task she defended so ardently is more of a surprise than it should be, perhaps. "There has to be another way," Amalia replies somewhat dubiously. She does not want to bear witness to war, but she has no illusions of any ability to affect its occurrence in a real way.
The fingers in her hair are incredibly soothing, and even as Safrin's comments trouble her the Shield cannot help but relax into the gentle ministrations. "Is there a way to retrieve the souls?" Of those who still live and those who don't, to save them from the condemnation of an eternity in the dark. "What about the Prince? Does it have a soul? Is there any way it can be helped?"
That Mort would not want the Ascended culled is another weight off Amalia's shoulders, reassurance that her understanding of her Gods is not entirely off base. And to hear that Roana had invented the task she defended so ardently is more of a surprise than it should be, perhaps. "There has to be another way," Amalia replies somewhat dubiously. She does not want to bear witness to war, but she has no illusions of any ability to affect its occurrence in a real way.
The fingers in her hair are incredibly soothing, and even as Safrin's comments trouble her the Shield cannot help but relax into the gentle ministrations. "Is there a way to retrieve the souls?" Of those who still live and those who don't, to save them from the condemnation of an eternity in the dark. "What about the Prince? Does it have a soul? Is there any way it can be helped?"
you're breaking your own heart
