Amalia
the shield of safrin
With the greatest weight released and carried, the rest comes easily enough. A smile as bright as sunlight illuminates the girl's angled face, adoration gleaming in onyx eyes as she looks to Evie and finds acceptance and love. For the first time since she received the letter revealing details of her birth, Amalia allows herself to truly believe she has a place in this family- that she is no longer alone.
The radiant smile falters only when Evie picks up on her comment on the infirmary, though Amalia tries to maintain a brave face. Wiping tears away with the back of her hand, the slender baker shrugs. "After the Fiat Lux disaster. I.... the Temple collapsed, and I was caught in the rubble. I couldn't use my legs." She says this like it's the simplest thing in the world, unwilling to sully her happiness with memories of that difficult time. One day she will tell Evie more, about her frustration and fear and the panic attacks that still strike her at unexpected intervals; today is not that day.
"Safrin healed me. Deimos, he went and asked her to and- oh! Evie!" Spinning around suddenly, Amalia grabs her sister's hands. "He asked me to marry him! I'm getting married! Will you- will you tie my bracelet?"
The radiant smile falters only when Evie picks up on her comment on the infirmary, though Amalia tries to maintain a brave face. Wiping tears away with the back of her hand, the slender baker shrugs. "After the Fiat Lux disaster. I.... the Temple collapsed, and I was caught in the rubble. I couldn't use my legs." She says this like it's the simplest thing in the world, unwilling to sully her happiness with memories of that difficult time. One day she will tell Evie more, about her frustration and fear and the panic attacks that still strike her at unexpected intervals; today is not that day.
"Safrin healed me. Deimos, he went and asked her to and- oh! Evie!" Spinning around suddenly, Amalia grabs her sister's hands. "He asked me to marry him! I'm getting married! Will you- will you tie my bracelet?"
you drew memories in my mind
i could never erase
you painted colors in my heart
i could never replace
