Aurelia
and that the world is always our fault
when we did nothing, how did we do wrong?
when we did nothing, how did we do wrong?
Aurelia's arms came undone from the warmth her poncho provided, revealing the bare, scarred skin along them. She crossed them over her chest and leaned her head to one side, catching Theo's half-bow with an amused look. She nodded when he informed her of how long he'd been in Torchline.
"My name is Aurelia. I've only been in Caido since the end of Longheat," but I've adjusted pretty fast already she wanted to add, though she decided against it. If anything, that was more and more evident by the day. She was beginning to settle and she could feel it. How the place had grown on her - and the people, too. Aurelia had always been adaptable but, she'd never thought she'd have to adapt to an entirely new world.
She watched with a more relaxed interest this time as Theo turned back to tickle the sapling.
"Maybe it's been enchanted by someone," she remarked suddenly, eyes narrowing, "I don't think it's actually alive. I mean, anymore than any other tree. Couldn't be, right? Well," she scratched the side of her neck, "Then again, I've seen some kind of weird things happen so.. I guess nothing's impossible here." She lifted her chin, stepping closer to him and to examine the tree a bit more closely again. "So where do you come from, if not Torchline?"
"My name is Aurelia. I've only been in Caido since the end of Longheat," but I've adjusted pretty fast already she wanted to add, though she decided against it. If anything, that was more and more evident by the day. She was beginning to settle and she could feel it. How the place had grown on her - and the people, too. Aurelia had always been adaptable but, she'd never thought she'd have to adapt to an entirely new world.
She watched with a more relaxed interest this time as Theo turned back to tickle the sapling.
"Maybe it's been enchanted by someone," she remarked suddenly, eyes narrowing, "I don't think it's actually alive. I mean, anymore than any other tree. Couldn't be, right? Well," she scratched the side of her neck, "Then again, I've seen some kind of weird things happen so.. I guess nothing's impossible here." She lifted her chin, stepping closer to him and to examine the tree a bit more closely again. "So where do you come from, if not Torchline?"
and I've been thinking that when we thought
the world would break us, that we weren't wrong
the world would break us, that we weren't wrong
