am i running through that mind of yours at all?
i have big ideas for you and me
If he proclaimed the idea that he thought she was much better suited for it, she’d have to disagree. At least with Deimos there had been a proven track record, years of running and managing people, ruling and protecting. For her? She’d had maybe a trial run, before ex husbands burned it to the ground and she ran for her life, abandoning her people not once, but twice. Once when she’d left them and let them fall into the ruin and rubble of vengeance. And again, when the Voice had her give up her allegiance in order to Ascend.
But he hadn’t, and so she focuses on the tips he gives her. To listen, firstly and foremost, and she smiles to that with a small nod given to him, through unseeing eyes. “I like to think I can listen.” She comments softly. Even if she couldn’t, she had enough friends and family to tell her to sit down and shut up and listen, she thinks. But he continues on, telling her that to not be afraid to stand up for what she believed in, and the smile falters ever so slightly.
She imagines she’ll have to do a lot of that, in the coming months. Another Ascended on the throne, another Ascended who had somehow managed to still effect the people of the Hollowed Grounds without realizing it, regardless of how many times she had thought it was helping. Perhaps some soul searching was needed with it all too. “Thank you.” She says softly, wondering if he has more to offer, or if he was simply listing out the things he wished he could change about his own rule.
But he hadn’t, and so she focuses on the tips he gives her. To listen, firstly and foremost, and she smiles to that with a small nod given to him, through unseeing eyes. “I like to think I can listen.” She comments softly. Even if she couldn’t, she had enough friends and family to tell her to sit down and shut up and listen, she thinks. But he continues on, telling her that to not be afraid to stand up for what she believed in, and the smile falters ever so slightly.
She imagines she’ll have to do a lot of that, in the coming months. Another Ascended on the throne, another Ascended who had somehow managed to still effect the people of the Hollowed Grounds without realizing it, regardless of how many times she had thought it was helping. Perhaps some soul searching was needed with it all too. “Thank you.” She says softly, wondering if he has more to offer, or if he was simply listing out the things he wished he could change about his own rule.
i feel lucky, with the worst luck
that i met you when I felt messed up
REXANNA
