If you're caught in the shadow then turn around
If you hear my voice, follow the sound
'Cause I'm here to guide you home
If you hear my voice, follow the sound
'Cause I'm here to guide you home
His suggestion gave her pause, and halted the juvenile selfishness of her thoughts. Hadn't she tried to extend this shelter to someone already? Too late, too little, her failure a buried reminder beneath piles of sand. The bones of a unicorn sacrificed to end her childhood all over again, and they would always remain here, to remind her. Perhaps gateways to elsewhere was not enough. Maybe a haven, a shelter, a secret island drifting among the stars could do more to aid the living than summoning starfire and the darkness between suns.
"I will think about it," she quietly decided, a thoughtful cast to the head.
A smile slowly grew into something mischievous at the notion of testing her limits. "It's been a while since last," she admitted. "Maybe you could help me test them again? When I'm not doing two spells at once," she added with a pearly laugh. Her affinity for manipulating her mother's gifts was great, but this was a big spell to maintain. The results would probably be better if she focused on only one blessing at a time.
She laughed again at the affronted defense of his weapons, cheerful and happy to see him jest - at least she thought he was. It was not always easy to tell. Deimos counter question made her stop quite abruptly however, and she turned to face him with eyes wide with surprise. "To bring joy," she answered, without hesitation. "To make the people who see them smile, and laugh, and marvel. Does a thing need more purpose than that?"
"I will think about it," she quietly decided, a thoughtful cast to the head.
A smile slowly grew into something mischievous at the notion of testing her limits. "It's been a while since last," she admitted. "Maybe you could help me test them again? When I'm not doing two spells at once," she added with a pearly laugh. Her affinity for manipulating her mother's gifts was great, but this was a big spell to maintain. The results would probably be better if she focused on only one blessing at a time.
She laughed again at the affronted defense of his weapons, cheerful and happy to see him jest - at least she thought he was. It was not always easy to tell. Deimos counter question made her stop quite abruptly however, and she turned to face him with eyes wide with surprise. "To bring joy," she answered, without hesitation. "To make the people who see them smile, and laugh, and marvel. Does a thing need more purpose than that?"
Seren
