eyes can't shine unless there's something burning bright behind
Aurelia tilts her head at Sunjata's notable grimace, to her mention of Safrin being happy to see him. Her smile fades as her expression softens into some sort of understanding. She can imagine that it must be a complex situation... but he is still one father to her daughters. "Safrin must trust you a lot," she muses quietly, but makes no further comment.
Her smile returns, though it's softer and a little more sad, when he talks about how she is a beam of light in his darkness. She nods. "I understand the feeling..." she trails off, though, not seeing much point in bringing up that pain for herself. Her own beams of light have vanished from her side, and there is no possibility of her ever seeing her sisters again. She can only hope they're being well-cared for, a beam in someone else's life.
Making a strong effort to brighten up, she straightens a little and sighs. "All the more reason for you to share that light," she offers a reassuring, decisive nod, "I'm happy to... come with you, if I'm around when you decide to do that. To give my support, or whatever you need."
She leans back with a raise of her brows and a slightly overwhelmed expression on matters of her own, budding relationship with Safrin. "Well, at first... she wasn't exactly pleased with me," she scoffs a little, "don't think she liked my offering. But... I had to tell her how I felt before I gave up trying, at least. Maybe it was selfish of me, or stupid, to push it. But..." she shrugs her shoulders lower, "I said the right things, I guess, I... god, Sunjata, I don't think I've opened up like that to even my closest friends," she glances up at him and laughs a little, "except you, maybe." She pauses to drink from the glass of water and wipes her lip.
"She's giving me a chance, at least," she adds, since it's an important part of this story, "I asked for something to protect people with, to give them hope... A shield of some kind," Aurelia raises her gaze to meet his, wondering what his thoughts are now.
Her smile returns, though it's softer and a little more sad, when he talks about how she is a beam of light in his darkness. She nods. "I understand the feeling..." she trails off, though, not seeing much point in bringing up that pain for herself. Her own beams of light have vanished from her side, and there is no possibility of her ever seeing her sisters again. She can only hope they're being well-cared for, a beam in someone else's life.
Making a strong effort to brighten up, she straightens a little and sighs. "All the more reason for you to share that light," she offers a reassuring, decisive nod, "I'm happy to... come with you, if I'm around when you decide to do that. To give my support, or whatever you need."
She leans back with a raise of her brows and a slightly overwhelmed expression on matters of her own, budding relationship with Safrin. "Well, at first... she wasn't exactly pleased with me," she scoffs a little, "don't think she liked my offering. But... I had to tell her how I felt before I gave up trying, at least. Maybe it was selfish of me, or stupid, to push it. But..." she shrugs her shoulders lower, "I said the right things, I guess, I... god, Sunjata, I don't think I've opened up like that to even my closest friends," she glances up at him and laughs a little, "except you, maybe." She pauses to drink from the glass of water and wipes her lip.
"She's giving me a chance, at least," she adds, since it's an important part of this story, "I asked for something to protect people with, to give them hope... A shield of some kind," Aurelia raises her gaze to meet his, wondering what his thoughts are now.
Aurelia
