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
The way she blinked at the question really said everything. Seren hadn't considered that there might be a loophole in her promises, that her promise to keep his secrets could be taken for anything but all encompassing and honest and sincere.
"Outside? Well, they would still be safe. And it's not like I would tell everyone who sets foot in here either. Why would I do that? It's your secrets, or story, or..." Tangling herself helplessly in words, Seren eventually gave up and slumped to her back in the sand, while her toys thumped down to where they had lied before.
"You don't have to trust me if you don't want to," she sighed softly, doing everything she could to banish the little thorn of hurt that pricked at her throat. "You can... but you don't have to." Maybe she was the only one who didn't need time or trials to believe the words of others. Possibly she was naive to the point of stupidity - but it was fine. Better that than suspicious, uhappy and alone.
"Outside? Well, they would still be safe. And it's not like I would tell everyone who sets foot in here either. Why would I do that? It's your secrets, or story, or..." Tangling herself helplessly in words, Seren eventually gave up and slumped to her back in the sand, while her toys thumped down to where they had lied before.
"You don't have to trust me if you don't want to," she sighed softly, doing everything she could to banish the little thorn of hurt that pricked at her throat. "You can... but you don't have to." Maybe she was the only one who didn't need time or trials to believe the words of others. Possibly she was naive to the point of stupidity - but it was fine. Better that than suspicious, uhappy and alone.
Seren
