Amalia
she wants the silence but fears the solitude
she wants to be alone and together with you
Shoulders slumping, deflated, tired, Amalia shakes her head. She doesn't have it in her to fight anymore, to try and make him understand the feelings she lacks an ability to voice. He says nothing in response anyway, give no inclination that he sees the injury his defensiveness causes, the way it has chipped steadily away at her self confidence where he is concerned.
She would go, wants to go, to drown her anxieties in frustrated tears. But Jigano's voice as he pleads for her not to is enough to hold the girl there, glancing to the floor as the slender bard stands. Her right hand rubs the spot where the scar used to be; she sighs softly, closing her eyes a moment, trying to decide if it's worth the argument as he misunderstands her once again. "You haven't... the Shield trails off, frustrated by the pointless of it all.
"I'm sorry, Jigano. I've... I've been under a lot of stress. I shouldn't have lashed out at you." She wants to abandon this conversation, so she attempts to steer him into a topic she knows to be safe. "Is Rory at the Temple? I was hoping he'd be here, too... I miss him."
She would go, wants to go, to drown her anxieties in frustrated tears. But Jigano's voice as he pleads for her not to is enough to hold the girl there, glancing to the floor as the slender bard stands. Her right hand rubs the spot where the scar used to be; she sighs softly, closing her eyes a moment, trying to decide if it's worth the argument as he misunderstands her once again. "You haven't... the Shield trails off, frustrated by the pointless of it all.
"I'm sorry, Jigano. I've... I've been under a lot of stress. I shouldn't have lashed out at you." She wants to abandon this conversation, so she attempts to steer him into a topic she knows to be safe. "Is Rory at the Temple? I was hoping he'd be here, too... I miss him."
she ran to the lighthouse, hoped that it would help her see
she saw that the lighthouse had been washed out to sea
