haunted, yes, but cute
”Yes, the souls Ludo had collected during those centuries in a tangible sense have been brought to Mort.” she said. ”But there are residual after effects. Imprints in the land itself. Centuries of pain, suffering, frustration…dead unable to find peace become restless. Think of it like a bruise. The actual thing that caused it is long gone, but you still can feel the pain of it for a time after. That has yet to be healed, and I’ve the ability to feel it.” she said, frowning a bit as she looked around at the vast expanse of fields behind him. ”It hurts me to know so many suffered for so long, I hurt for Ludo who could not bring them peace while separated from Mort, I hurt for this place that has yet to recover in ways that only I can see.” she said softly, seeming to grow distant, focusing on things around him that he could not see or feel, clearly.
His voice brought her back to the conversation at hand, and pale eyes refocused on the summoner. ”I understand. It will be something for us all to get used to. But I certainly expect no instant change from anyone.” she said with a hint of a smile. She didn’t expect anything really, except perhaps to be allowed to do what she was born to do (which she would come to find out would be more difficult than she thought it would be).
Delphia gestured to the little water horse prancing around the mud. ”You are an abandoned, are you not? I would assume that would feel a bit of a slight, since you are clearly an Outlander.” she said. Only the Outlanders did not seem to have spirits come to speak to her about them, with messages of healing to convey. It was an easy assumption for her to make between that and the magical water horse.
At his analysis of the situation with the mud, she smiled and nodded. ”Then question no more if you have reached your conclusion.” she said with a shrug. There was nothing more to it than that. As far as the gods loving their creations…”Mort is the one who gave humans the capacity to love, not Vi or Rae. The way in which Rae and Vi appreciate that which they create is…beyond our comprehension. It is beyond and above love in the way that you and I understand it. Only Mort loves all as we understand love, and even that comprehension is not quite complete because it is a divine emotion, never intended for mortal minds. While I might feel it more fully than you, someone fully human, does, I still do not quite grasp it with the same mastery as Mort. In that way, I am very human by comparison.”
His voice brought her back to the conversation at hand, and pale eyes refocused on the summoner. ”I understand. It will be something for us all to get used to. But I certainly expect no instant change from anyone.” she said with a hint of a smile. She didn’t expect anything really, except perhaps to be allowed to do what she was born to do (which she would come to find out would be more difficult than she thought it would be).
Delphia gestured to the little water horse prancing around the mud. ”You are an abandoned, are you not? I would assume that would feel a bit of a slight, since you are clearly an Outlander.” she said. Only the Outlanders did not seem to have spirits come to speak to her about them, with messages of healing to convey. It was an easy assumption for her to make between that and the magical water horse.
At his analysis of the situation with the mud, she smiled and nodded. ”Then question no more if you have reached your conclusion.” she said with a shrug. There was nothing more to it than that. As far as the gods loving their creations…”Mort is the one who gave humans the capacity to love, not Vi or Rae. The way in which Rae and Vi appreciate that which they create is…beyond our comprehension. It is beyond and above love in the way that you and I understand it. Only Mort loves all as we understand love, and even that comprehension is not quite complete because it is a divine emotion, never intended for mortal minds. While I might feel it more fully than you, someone fully human, does, I still do not quite grasp it with the same mastery as Mort. In that way, I am very human by comparison.”
