Isla
"That's the price you pay for being a goddess, I suppose," Isla agrees, smiling a little and pottering around to rinse off the other cloths before grabbing a fresh one to start on the next window sill. Between them they're making good progress, and already the clinic is starting to look brighter, to look how it had done prior to LongNight.
"Perhaps she needed someone who would be a good representation of us," she suggests. "I imagine, for those who returned who didn't start off as Ascended, they would prefer someone like you to lead the way back to the land of the living." Of course, Isla is just making it up as she goes along, but sometimes speculation is the beginning of worthwhile research.
That Aamu asks more about her Ascension is a little surprising, and the returning smile that Isla sends his way is just as shy. "And now I know," she confirms, her voice soft. "There are things I miss about being Accepted, it's true. But I have gained the ability to do so much more like this, and for so much longer... I think I would make the same choice again, if I were asked."
Straightening up, she raises her eyebrows across at him. "I don't suppose you remember when, or why you Ascended...?"
"Perhaps she needed someone who would be a good representation of us," she suggests. "I imagine, for those who returned who didn't start off as Ascended, they would prefer someone like you to lead the way back to the land of the living." Of course, Isla is just making it up as she goes along, but sometimes speculation is the beginning of worthwhile research.
That Aamu asks more about her Ascension is a little surprising, and the returning smile that Isla sends his way is just as shy. "And now I know," she confirms, her voice soft. "There are things I miss about being Accepted, it's true. But I have gained the ability to do so much more like this, and for so much longer... I think I would make the same choice again, if I were asked."
Straightening up, she raises her eyebrows across at him. "I don't suppose you remember when, or why you Ascended...?"
passing by, you light up my darkest skies
you take only seconds to draw me in
you take only seconds to draw me in
