Seren
If she had been pale before, the girl's face turned stark white at this. Would her mother and goddess - the Herald of Life really condone the ending of such before it could even begin? She did not believe it. Could not accept it, even should it be true.
"What worth do they have? Only the same as you, and your family, and your friends. They have the same worth as the birds in the sky and the starwhales in the night, and every other living being that is breathed into existence by Vi. You are a priest. Is it not your job to provide that guidance, so that even the most lost and damaged souls might find their way back to the light? Instead you condemn them without even offering a chance to choose their own path. I never thought I would hear something so bigoted and cruel spoken by a servant of the Gods."
Stiff and unable to move, Seren felt trapped within her own numbed body. The hands that pressed flat against her thighs prickled and stung with icy dread, shock and revulsion still reeling within. They were killing children. They allowed them to die over something they had no choice or control over - a spark of something within that was neither good nor evil, only different.
"Believe me, I will speak to my mother about this. And to Ludo, and Frey, and to Vi, Mort and Rae themselves if I have to. I don't care what brought this practice on, but it is cruel and needless and long since due for change. I thought we were bringing the Voice down to put an end to madness - not perpetuate it further into whatever new future we are meant to shape."
The effort it took for her to simply move and rise from her seat nearly had the woman sobbing. The mingled horror and determination that blazed in the gaze she leveled on Gideon could only be called empassioned... but though she could not make herself break the stiff mask of disbelief on her face, she still managed a stiff little bow of respect. For his rank, if nothing else - she had no respect to offer the kind of man who would stand by and let children die out of simple fear.
"Thank you for speaking to me today. I would like to leave now. Please be so kind as to unlock the door."
"What worth do they have? Only the same as you, and your family, and your friends. They have the same worth as the birds in the sky and the starwhales in the night, and every other living being that is breathed into existence by Vi. You are a priest. Is it not your job to provide that guidance, so that even the most lost and damaged souls might find their way back to the light? Instead you condemn them without even offering a chance to choose their own path. I never thought I would hear something so bigoted and cruel spoken by a servant of the Gods."
Stiff and unable to move, Seren felt trapped within her own numbed body. The hands that pressed flat against her thighs prickled and stung with icy dread, shock and revulsion still reeling within. They were killing children. They allowed them to die over something they had no choice or control over - a spark of something within that was neither good nor evil, only different.
"Believe me, I will speak to my mother about this. And to Ludo, and Frey, and to Vi, Mort and Rae themselves if I have to. I don't care what brought this practice on, but it is cruel and needless and long since due for change. I thought we were bringing the Voice down to put an end to madness - not perpetuate it further into whatever new future we are meant to shape."
The effort it took for her to simply move and rise from her seat nearly had the woman sobbing. The mingled horror and determination that blazed in the gaze she leveled on Gideon could only be called empassioned... but though she could not make herself break the stiff mask of disbelief on her face, she still managed a stiff little bow of respect. For his rank, if nothing else - she had no respect to offer the kind of man who would stand by and let children die out of simple fear.
"Thank you for speaking to me today. I would like to leave now. Please be so kind as to unlock the door."
I'm ready to start the conquest of spaces
Reaching the starlight and silver fields
Reaching the starlight and silver fields
