Amalia
the shield of safrin
Ludo appears without fanfare or parade: it is simply there in front of her, pitch black fabric and a porcelain face. A cost too high for her to ever repay, lives for lives, and her own isn't worth enough. Amalia's fingers tighten on the bundle; she drops her onyx eyes.
At least they are safe. Relief floods through her like a moving boulder, rolling off her chest. "I... I was afraid they'd be lost. Like the LongNight souls." There are tears on her lashes; she blinks them away. "That you wouldn't be able to find them in the ice." She can picture Adam's face so perfectly, frozen forever with that stupid grin.
Her chest tightens again.
Turning her face up to Ludo, Amalia licks her lips. "Yes.. no... I don't know." Of course she wants them back, but Ludo has already told her she can't afford the fee. "I... I wish I could have had more time. That I'd told him how much he meant to me, and taken him on adventures, and shown him the ocean. I wanted him to be at my wedding, and I wanted to be at his. I wanted a life with him, and instead I didn't even get to say goodbye."
At least they are safe. Relief floods through her like a moving boulder, rolling off her chest. "I... I was afraid they'd be lost. Like the LongNight souls." There are tears on her lashes; she blinks them away. "That you wouldn't be able to find them in the ice." She can picture Adam's face so perfectly, frozen forever with that stupid grin.
Her chest tightens again.
Turning her face up to Ludo, Amalia licks her lips. "Yes.. no... I don't know." Of course she wants them back, but Ludo has already told her she can't afford the fee. "I... I wish I could have had more time. That I'd told him how much he meant to me, and taken him on adventures, and shown him the ocean. I wanted him to be at my wedding, and I wanted to be at his. I wanted a life with him, and instead I didn't even get to say goodbye."
she is calm in the storm
and anxious in the quiet
and anxious in the quiet
