i sat with my anger long enough she told me her real name was grief
"Thank you." If Amalia could smile with any warmth she would; as it is she offers a wavering curve of her lips, glancing fleetingly at Finn before refocusing on her feet. As for finding herself here intentionally? "I... no. I just... I was looking for somewhere safe. I guess that's always been libraries, for me."
It is only now that Amali allows herself to really take in the names on the books that surround her, the small hand-written signs dedicating this section of the Archives to writings on The Ascended and The Voice. It hits her like a sucker-punch, making her inhale sharply. What do these books say about them? These people, these friends?
"I must have looked like an idiot in that meeting. It's just..." She trails off, biting down on her lip in thought. "I knew them, Finn. Know them. Before- Adam was my best friend. Kiada... she was like family. And both of them died because of me."
Sighing, Amalia slowly slides down the length of the pillar, until she's sitting on the ground, her legs pulled up to her chin. "And now they're alive - kind of - and I don't know if I should be happy or sad or scared or guilty or, or what. I don't know what it means for the future. And I'm terrified."
It is only now that Amali allows herself to really take in the names on the books that surround her, the small hand-written signs dedicating this section of the Archives to writings on The Ascended and The Voice. It hits her like a sucker-punch, making her inhale sharply. What do these books say about them? These people, these friends?
"I must have looked like an idiot in that meeting. It's just..." She trails off, biting down on her lip in thought. "I knew them, Finn. Know them. Before- Adam was my best friend. Kiada... she was like family. And both of them died because of me."
Sighing, Amalia slowly slides down the length of the pillar, until she's sitting on the ground, her legs pulled up to her chin. "And now they're alive - kind of - and I don't know if I should be happy or sad or scared or guilty or, or what. I don't know what it means for the future. And I'm terrified."
Amalia
