the waters are sleeping

Amalia The comparison to Maea stirs an aching sadness for her lost friend, the Shield briefly closing her eyes before opening them again. "Maybe instead of curses... Think of them as tests." Shrugging, and he girl rubs her thumb over her wrist. "Tests you passed, it seems." She's startled when he slips into the water, not sure if she ought to follow or not. For now she stays on the dock, leaning forward on her elbows and mentally calling for fish to come and swim around him playfully. A playfully that swiftly fades again. "All of it?" she repeats softly, the unsaid things clear. "Does it... Want the same thing it wanted from Roana?" reach for the stars: but child, first recognize the constellations of light you already carry inside you