You're so cold
but you feel alive
Her responding hum was a little suspicious, as she did not entirely believe his claim to be careful. Perhaps she knew him a little bit too well for that. But Maea didn't argue.
"Delphia? Oh, believe me, if I have to do anything of the sort I will go straight to Ludo. I'm sure it would be open to listen if I explain things." She grabbed one of his ears between her fingers and tugged at it playfully. She'd threatened to do the same thing once before, and seemed quite willing to hold to it, if he tried her.
At the mention of Amalia's name however, the girl stiffened. Quite suddenly, and there was a new tension in her that had nothing to do with Sunjata or the riddle.
"Is she well enough to travel, then?" There was something tight in her voice as she asked, a note of unusual anger that clashed with the softness of the night around them. The waters around them grew decidedly chilly, a touch of frost to the air at her next breath.
"Delphia? Oh, believe me, if I have to do anything of the sort I will go straight to Ludo. I'm sure it would be open to listen if I explain things." She grabbed one of his ears between her fingers and tugged at it playfully. She'd threatened to do the same thing once before, and seemed quite willing to hold to it, if he tried her.
At the mention of Amalia's name however, the girl stiffened. Quite suddenly, and there was a new tension in her that had nothing to do with Sunjata or the riddle.
"Is she well enough to travel, then?" There was something tight in her voice as she asked, a note of unusual anger that clashed with the softness of the night around them. The waters around them grew decidedly chilly, a touch of frost to the air at her next breath.
lay your hands on me
one last time
MAEA