Samuel
At least discussing how he became Ascended didn't involve anything against the Fae and was a story that put him in a sympathetic light; Sam was happy to provide it. "I was only sixteen. My parents..ah...to put it lightly, didn't like me. They thought I was a failure - and they thought if I Ascended it might 'fix' me. I went myself, but...I wouldn't have done without that pressure. The Voice let me grow for a little while longer, but I'm always going to be this way." He sighed, pushed some hair behind his ear. "There were some good things though. She helped me to change some things I was conscious about."
Sam couldn't really see most of the Ascended agreeing to a trial either and decided that once he was away from this conversation, he was going to have to put it out of his mind for now to continue - just as he was going to have to put away the tone of her voice, hurt and angry, when she corrected him. "Oh, I'm sorry. Her. Yes."
As for why the Voice said what she did, all he could do was shrug. It could have just been an egotistical throwaway comment or it could have been some deeper indication of the true nature of the tree Goddess; who knew?
Sam couldn't really see most of the Ascended agreeing to a trial either and decided that once he was away from this conversation, he was going to have to put it out of his mind for now to continue - just as he was going to have to put away the tone of her voice, hurt and angry, when she corrected him. "Oh, I'm sorry. Her. Yes."
As for why the Voice said what she did, all he could do was shrug. It could have just been an egotistical throwaway comment or it could have been some deeper indication of the true nature of the tree Goddess; who knew?
Part of being alive is wishing that you weren't sometimes
as your brain forces you to breathe
Base Code by Sky!
