Amalia
the shield of safrin
Amalia has been spending more time in Torchline, soaking up the sun and trying to heal. It is nice to take a break from home, from the traumas and history and constant reminders of all the mistakes she's made. It's nice to dream of the possibility that the whole world can be as beautiful as here.
Yet trouble will leave no land alone, and there are constant reminders of the mistakes she has made. She sees them now: gathering, called by a classic, mythic anchor, drawn together in a way so deeply familiar and yet so strange. Amalia knows so many of the figures; it surprises her to see more familiar faces than unfamiliar, given their current location.
One in particular catches her eye, betrayed indeed by the dragon on his shoulder. On starlit wings the owl drops, Jyoti ahead of her to announce their arrival, greeting Ronin and Sugar fondly before the avian settles beside the dragon, shifting to an otter figure as she does and draping across her friend(?). Her tail lengthens, long and slender and wrapping around him for stability that her hind legs will not provide.
Meanwhile Jyoti files ahead, coaxing Sugar to come with her to investigate the pool, fearless and empathetic as she trills a starlit note to her similarly fallen kin.
Yet trouble will leave no land alone, and there are constant reminders of the mistakes she has made. She sees them now: gathering, called by a classic, mythic anchor, drawn together in a way so deeply familiar and yet so strange. Amalia knows so many of the figures; it surprises her to see more familiar faces than unfamiliar, given their current location.
One in particular catches her eye, betrayed indeed by the dragon on his shoulder. On starlit wings the owl drops, Jyoti ahead of her to announce their arrival, greeting Ronin and Sugar fondly before the avian settles beside the dragon, shifting to an otter figure as she does and draping across her friend(?). Her tail lengthens, long and slender and wrapping around him for stability that her hind legs will not provide.
Meanwhile Jyoti files ahead, coaxing Sugar to come with her to investigate the pool, fearless and empathetic as she trills a starlit note to her similarly fallen kin.
you drew memories in my mind
i could never erase
you painted colors in my heart
i could never replace
