I saw a piece of heaven
Shaking her head slowly, the young demigod seemed unconvinced. "Harmless..?" she repeated slowly. "Perhaps. But for how long? How much hurt and pain does one have to suffer before 'getting the hang of it'? You touch my cheek and ask me questions and treat me kindly... No harm done, yes? Unless I grow to love you. Or you me. Is it still fun when that happens?" Somehow, she did not think so. Inexperienced she might be, but Seren had seen the game played out between her parents. Parts of it, at least. None of it had seemed very enjoyable to her.
"You don't have to play games to get to know me," she said. "If you are curious about something, all you have to do is ask." As if to prove that, she pushed herself away from the tree and walked out onto the path. Glancing off at her shoes that lay discarded in the grass, Seren pursed her lips and made a little gesture with a hand; like stones dropped onto a watery surface they suddenly sank into nothingness, leaving only a slight ripple before that too disappeared.
"I think the stones were that way," she said, and pointed off in the direction she had been heading.
"You don't have to play games to get to know me," she said. "If you are curious about something, all you have to do is ask." As if to prove that, she pushed herself away from the tree and walked out onto the path. Glancing off at her shoes that lay discarded in the grass, Seren pursed her lips and made a little gesture with a hand; like stones dropped onto a watery surface they suddenly sank into nothingness, leaving only a slight ripple before that too disappeared.
"I think the stones were that way," she said, and pointed off in the direction she had been heading.
Waiting, impatient, for me
Seren
