Aurelia
there's a heart here cast in stone
and there's a past i must atone
and there's a past i must atone
If Seren is offended by Aurelia's reservations, she does a good job of hiding it. She is not opposed to answering the demigod's questions, with easing concerns, however, and her question is poised to try and pinpoint those without saying something about more delicate matters. Matters which outcomes might change just the same as the tides of the ocean.
"Things are very turbulent," she agrees with a soft sigh, though she does quiet to listen intently to the rest of Seren's explanation. For someone so young, she seems to be a few steps ahead of someone her age. But Aurelia gets the idea that Seren is referring to her and Hotaru, and somehow too afraid to say it.
"If there is something you want to say, Seren, beating around the bush will do you no good either," she advises with amused warmth in her tone. At this point, this is nothing unexpected and... Aurelia is more detached from the situation than Seren might think. "If you're talking about Hotaru and I being at odds with one another.." her shoulders shrug downward, "what happened that night will never be forgotten - by either of us. And so it will take both of us to let it go, but I scarcely doubt Hotaru is ready to do that. If she's one of these friends you speak of, then tell me... do you think she could truly let it go?" Nevermind that she wants to warn Seren against trusting that kind of person.
When everything that had started all of this had been about something else entirely that the woman could not let go of? Aurelia doesn't trust that, for a moment, Hotaru would lay down her arms. Especially not after stealing power from the Warden of Halo. No, that does not seem like a recipe for peace.
As they walk side-by-side, Aurelia is quietly surprised by the gentle presence beside her. The pretty smile directed at her, so much like Safrin's - and just as rare in her presence, makes her jaw tense. But she offers a tight smile of her own in return. She watches the girl's features as she speaks, better able to traverse the bridge now that she's gotten used to it.
"The Voice... right.." Aurelia laughs softly, something almost sad about its tone, "you know something I've never told your mother?" Perhaps it is stupid of her to share with Seren, perhaps it will find its way back to the goddess, but for a moment Aurelia doesn't care. "I'm actually.. grateful to the Voice." She gives Seren a look, knowing how this must sound, and her head tilts as she smiles with the embarrassment of revealing that truth. "I mean, if it were not for her..."
"I would not be here now." And, in some ways, she wishes she could go back home. But in many ways, she knows it's not where she belongs anymore.
"Things are very turbulent," she agrees with a soft sigh, though she does quiet to listen intently to the rest of Seren's explanation. For someone so young, she seems to be a few steps ahead of someone her age. But Aurelia gets the idea that Seren is referring to her and Hotaru, and somehow too afraid to say it.
"If there is something you want to say, Seren, beating around the bush will do you no good either," she advises with amused warmth in her tone. At this point, this is nothing unexpected and... Aurelia is more detached from the situation than Seren might think. "If you're talking about Hotaru and I being at odds with one another.." her shoulders shrug downward, "what happened that night will never be forgotten - by either of us. And so it will take both of us to let it go, but I scarcely doubt Hotaru is ready to do that. If she's one of these friends you speak of, then tell me... do you think she could truly let it go?" Nevermind that she wants to warn Seren against trusting that kind of person.
When everything that had started all of this had been about something else entirely that the woman could not let go of? Aurelia doesn't trust that, for a moment, Hotaru would lay down her arms. Especially not after stealing power from the Warden of Halo. No, that does not seem like a recipe for peace.
As they walk side-by-side, Aurelia is quietly surprised by the gentle presence beside her. The pretty smile directed at her, so much like Safrin's - and just as rare in her presence, makes her jaw tense. But she offers a tight smile of her own in return. She watches the girl's features as she speaks, better able to traverse the bridge now that she's gotten used to it.
"The Voice... right.." Aurelia laughs softly, something almost sad about its tone, "you know something I've never told your mother?" Perhaps it is stupid of her to share with Seren, perhaps it will find its way back to the goddess, but for a moment Aurelia doesn't care. "I'm actually.. grateful to the Voice." She gives Seren a look, knowing how this must sound, and her head tilts as she smiles with the embarrassment of revealing that truth. "I mean, if it were not for her..."
"I would not be here now." And, in some ways, she wishes she could go back home. But in many ways, she knows it's not where she belongs anymore.
there were moments i thrust away
now there's a keeper i must pay
now there's a keeper i must pay
