"...Oh." Sam was admittedly quiet when Evie told him about her joining the academy: not anything to do with her being Abandoned or using her powers but a residual discomfort with Zariah, the woman who had so intimidated him when she'd taken the throne he'd left for months. "Well..um...are you learning anything useful there?" He asked, trying to put a smile on his face, though it was clearly a little forced.
At least he could give her some names easily enough. "Oh, yes. There's Weaver - she's from Halo. I met her in the ruins a while ago and she seemed not to be embarrassed about her magic at all. Then there's Freina..um..." Sam cringed as he remembered her reaction to being Abandoned. "She's...less happy about it, but I hope in time she will become proud. Like you will."
Partners in crime. Silly and fun, not anything he'd ever thought he and Evie would be. With a sigh he nodded to her when she spoke about the Voice, understanding her reasoning even if he felt his heart sink at the thought of her getting old and dying when he lived on now that they were beginning to have something like a relationship...too early for those kinds of thoughts, he supposed.
"Ah. I didn't even know where to look when she told me. She thought I had known, at first." Sam shook his head, sure Evie would know how secret it had been from them. "Do you think Mother knew...? You and Amalia were together a lot as children..."
Samuel
I want you so badly
But you could be anyone
