AISHA
and i knew
how could she not
how could she not
It wasn't truly humor that she'd found in it all. It was more of a distressed laugh that had escaped her, as always she was trying to cope with the stress by blowing it off dryly. She wasn't pressing back against his assertions anymore, but her pride and perceived notions of reality were doing all they could to keep her from accepting them. Slowly even those fundamentals were being chipped away, for moments after she'd asked her next question the faint and somewhat waggish smile fell from her lips.
Oliver filled Aisha's head with such fantastic truths.
As he explained further she could see the gods in her mind. The way she imagined them they were bigger than life, glorious and glowing, all powerful. The idea that they would even think to tangle with mortal lives was still pretty unbelievable. Safrin granting Oliver more shifts, a god meant to shepherd mortals to the other side. As soon as she finished she let out the bitter thought that kept begging to be said.
"And if they are so real, and so powerful, and so involved, why can't they help me go home?" she asked.
Oliver filled Aisha's head with such fantastic truths.
As he explained further she could see the gods in her mind. The way she imagined them they were bigger than life, glorious and glowing, all powerful. The idea that they would even think to tangle with mortal lives was still pretty unbelievable. Safrin granting Oliver more shifts, a god meant to shepherd mortals to the other side. As soon as she finished she let out the bitter thought that kept begging to be said.
"And if they are so real, and so powerful, and so involved, why can't they help me go home?" she asked.
she could have
anyone she wants
anyone she wants
