Don't paint wonderful lies on me that wash away
Ten hour. That meant she had been cooped up in the study for over half a day. Dragging another weary hand across her face, she glanced down at the cup she still held in the other, a wry smile twisting her lips as she saw the sloshy, ice-crusted contents within. "Yes... some tea would definitely be nice," she agreed.
Maea began to gather up her work, sorting papers and notes into neat piles and adding bookmarks to the tomes before setting them aside. "I've been... keeping occupied," she said, feeling the weight of their recent conversations in the air between them. Jigano wasn't the only tentative one, and she wasn't sure quite how to approach this. If it was indeed the right moment to have this conversation...
But then, would there ever be one?
"I spent most of the time thinking," she admitted, her gaze kept on the task at hand, so she wouldn't have to look at Jigano. "About what I want. What I'm trying to do, and how I went about... trying to make things happen. And I realized, that you were right. I am impatient. And I do rush into things, without thinking it all the way through beforehand."
She paused, biting her lips for a moment, then looked up. Seeking Jigano's gaze, a tired and sad expression on her face that came not only from the long wake night.
"I'm sorry. For bringing Sunjata along, when I should have talked to you about it alone. It was... very poor judgement on my part."
Maea began to gather up her work, sorting papers and notes into neat piles and adding bookmarks to the tomes before setting them aside. "I've been... keeping occupied," she said, feeling the weight of their recent conversations in the air between them. Jigano wasn't the only tentative one, and she wasn't sure quite how to approach this. If it was indeed the right moment to have this conversation...
But then, would there ever be one?
"I spent most of the time thinking," she admitted, her gaze kept on the task at hand, so she wouldn't have to look at Jigano. "About what I want. What I'm trying to do, and how I went about... trying to make things happen. And I realized, that you were right. I am impatient. And I do rush into things, without thinking it all the way through beforehand."
She paused, biting her lips for a moment, then looked up. Seeking Jigano's gaze, a tired and sad expression on her face that came not only from the long wake night.
"I'm sorry. For bringing Sunjata along, when I should have talked to you about it alone. It was... very poor judgement on my part."
