I'll leave my love hidden in the sun
It should be reassuring. It would be, when the moment came and she could lean on those beside her, who had done this before. Gods, they had done this before? What kind of friends did she even have?
The fun kind, a very dark and very fey part of her whispered.
“Tell me again how Deimos would stand in the way of anything that goes wrong?” she pleaded, with a laugh that could only be called nervous. Something about the idea of the General inspired confidence - more so than Hotaru, though the girl didn’t want to tell her that. Maybe it was because he was bigger.
“I just want to feel useful,” Seren shrugged then, trying to focus on these mundane topics rather than the ones that made her want to laugh hysterically. “Dad… he wants to do things for me. Take care of me, I suppose, and make up for all the times we never got to have. But it makes me feel… guilty. Like I am taking advantage of him, since there’s so little I can give back.” Only love, and gratitude. Was that enough?
“Mother… have grand plans for me, I think. She said I am to be an inspiration to others. Hope. I don’t know how to do that, or what it means, but I will try.”
Fearing that introspection was quickly turning into something melancholy and insidious, Seren pushed herself up to sit. Stared into the fire until her eyes stung from the light, and she no longer felt like curling in on herself.
“What will you do, when we come back to the Citadel?” She looked over at Hotaru.
The fun kind, a very dark and very fey part of her whispered.
“Tell me again how Deimos would stand in the way of anything that goes wrong?” she pleaded, with a laugh that could only be called nervous. Something about the idea of the General inspired confidence - more so than Hotaru, though the girl didn’t want to tell her that. Maybe it was because he was bigger.
“I just want to feel useful,” Seren shrugged then, trying to focus on these mundane topics rather than the ones that made her want to laugh hysterically. “Dad… he wants to do things for me. Take care of me, I suppose, and make up for all the times we never got to have. But it makes me feel… guilty. Like I am taking advantage of him, since there’s so little I can give back.” Only love, and gratitude. Was that enough?
“Mother… have grand plans for me, I think. She said I am to be an inspiration to others. Hope. I don’t know how to do that, or what it means, but I will try.”
Fearing that introspection was quickly turning into something melancholy and insidious, Seren pushed herself up to sit. Stared into the fire until her eyes stung from the light, and she no longer felt like curling in on herself.
“What will you do, when we come back to the Citadel?” She looked over at Hotaru.
For when the darkness comes
SEREN
