a certain darkness is needed to see the stars
She doesn't at first understand as the goddess's glance passes between them, nor does she fully comprehend how her question applies to their current venture. It feels rhetorical, so she does not answer, her confusion only growing at the second part of inquiry. Were not all the components used...? Then they had brought only the little starmotes, which became part of...
It hits her at the same time that Sunjata gives his response, and she can feel her stomach bottoming out as the implications ring home. She, too, had thought that the construction would not come with a cost to life - an assumption already proven false by the lifeless body in her arms. If only Sunjata had asked any questions---!
"No." Amalia does not look at Deimos or Sunjata; her eyes are for Safrin, her voice trembling but strong. "I have always promised myself to the Old Gods. To you, and to Vi. And if... if the cost of this shrine is to be more life, then I would rather it be mine than anything else's."
It hits her at the same time that Sunjata gives his response, and she can feel her stomach bottoming out as the implications ring home. She, too, had thought that the construction would not come with a cost to life - an assumption already proven false by the lifeless body in her arms. If only Sunjata had asked any questions---!
"No." Amalia does not look at Deimos or Sunjata; her eyes are for Safrin, her voice trembling but strong. "I have always promised myself to the Old Gods. To you, and to Vi. And if... if the cost of this shrine is to be more life, then I would rather it be mine than anything else's."
Amalia
