Amalia
the shield of safrin
Amalia grins bashfully, her teeth sharp underneath the black-lined leopard lips. Sitting back upon her haunches she watches as Ronin adds wood to the pit, tilting her head curiously at his methods as someone not particularly well versed in roughing it and fire-making.
She's just raised up her hind leg to scratch behind her ear when the spark of starlight catches her eye, igniting the dry wood easily. It ignites something in her, too; panicked suddenly, blinded by memory, she lets out a yowl and scrambles back, nearly falling over in her haste to get away.
Pushing herself across the sand the Shield shifts to human form, her dark eyes wide with a sudden terror, arms around her legs. The last time she had seen that starlight had been the day she lost her limbs, and though a season has passed and her body recovered her mind still reels with the trauma. Pale, shaken, breathing heavily, Amalia stares at the rising fire and sees the world crumbling around her. It's dark and despite the openness of the sea and sky she feels trapped, a caged thing caught beneath her fallen history, suffocated by her own brain.
She's just raised up her hind leg to scratch behind her ear when the spark of starlight catches her eye, igniting the dry wood easily. It ignites something in her, too; panicked suddenly, blinded by memory, she lets out a yowl and scrambles back, nearly falling over in her haste to get away.
Pushing herself across the sand the Shield shifts to human form, her dark eyes wide with a sudden terror, arms around her legs. The last time she had seen that starlight had been the day she lost her limbs, and though a season has passed and her body recovered her mind still reels with the trauma. Pale, shaken, breathing heavily, Amalia stares at the rising fire and sees the world crumbling around her. It's dark and despite the openness of the sea and sky she feels trapped, a caged thing caught beneath her fallen history, suffocated by her own brain.
She wants the silence but fears the solitude
she wants to be alone and together with you
she wants to be alone and together with you
