You're so cold
but you feel alive
He looked so happy that she felt a little ashamed of herself. Recalling the calm, casual teasing they'd thrown back and forth before she'd made things difficult, she wondered what would have happened if she hadn't been so prejudiced. If she could have accepted him as easily as he did her, if they'd already be laughing somewhere else instead of standing here.
But it was pointless to worry about it. Done was done, and Amun had been astoundingly patient with her idiocy. "Alright, we'll find a shrine. But it'll have to be the simple one here on the farm, I can't leave that fire alone for too long. Is that alright?"
Maea couldn't help but return his grin, and reached out to accept the bowl he'd been carrying with him. She turned it between her hands, and heard something rattle within. Poking the lid open just a touch, the girl found a simple necklace within. A brow rose; she poured it out into her hand and held it up to look at. From a silver chain hung a little charm carved from the same metal, of three interlocking symbols. One was a sickle moon, one a fluttering candle, and connecting them both was a simple circle.
"Huh. I've never seen this before," she commented.
But it was pointless to worry about it. Done was done, and Amun had been astoundingly patient with her idiocy. "Alright, we'll find a shrine. But it'll have to be the simple one here on the farm, I can't leave that fire alone for too long. Is that alright?"
Maea couldn't help but return his grin, and reached out to accept the bowl he'd been carrying with him. She turned it between her hands, and heard something rattle within. Poking the lid open just a touch, the girl found a simple necklace within. A brow rose; she poured it out into her hand and held it up to look at. From a silver chain hung a little charm carved from the same metal, of three interlocking symbols. One was a sickle moon, one a fluttering candle, and connecting them both was a simple circle.
"Huh. I've never seen this before," she commented.
lay your hands on me
one last time
MAEA
