You have so much of everything but still you wanted more
"That's an interesting idea," the girl smiled, and glanced over at the giant bone herself. She had never considered armor - for the same reason she never looked twice at shields or new shoes. Plain and boring it seemed to her, and far less utilitarian than a nice weapon. But Sah was right, as usual, and she couldn't help but reach out a foot and nudge at his leg in a playful kick for it.
"Stop being so clever all the time," she teased. "You're making a girl look bad."
His reaction to her tale of Vanya and Aoife made all the playfulness evaporate from Seren. Forgetful of awkwardness and attractions, she scooted in and reached out an arm for her friend, meaning to drape it around his shoulders if he would let her. His pain always seemed to echo within herself, until her hands ached with the need to soothe and ease it away.
"Hey, it's okay," she murmured softly. "It was a few years ago, now. It's just not the kind of thing you bring up in coversations with people you just met, right?" Unless you were Sah, perhaps, trying to teach foolish girls a lesson in caution. His trust in her, the belief that she wouldn't use that kind of pain against him was deeply moving - and only now in retrospect did Seren realize what a bold move it had been.
"Stop being so clever all the time," she teased. "You're making a girl look bad."
His reaction to her tale of Vanya and Aoife made all the playfulness evaporate from Seren. Forgetful of awkwardness and attractions, she scooted in and reached out an arm for her friend, meaning to drape it around his shoulders if he would let her. His pain always seemed to echo within herself, until her hands ached with the need to soothe and ease it away.
"Hey, it's okay," she murmured softly. "It was a few years ago, now. It's just not the kind of thing you bring up in coversations with people you just met, right?" Unless you were Sah, perhaps, trying to teach foolish girls a lesson in caution. His trust in her, the belief that she wouldn't use that kind of pain against him was deeply moving - and only now in retrospect did Seren realize what a bold move it had been.
Seren
