see what you find there with grace in your heart and flowers in your hair
Instantly Paige felt as if she had done something wrong. The child was hardly known for being meek, but the coldness of Seren’s voice and the hardening of her expression had her smile dropping from her face, eyes darting away as her cheeks flushed. ”Well, uhm, he found me by the Waterways when I was playing and wanted to help me get home.” She began, voice much softer now as she fidgeted, picking at one of her nails. ”He asked me about where I lived and stuff and I told him that I lived at Auntie Maeve’s. He said he didn’t know Maeve himself, but he knew her ‘cause he was friends with you and you’re best friends with Auntie Maeve.” Her words come out in a rush, wishing to explain away whatever this uncomfortable feeling was that settled over them, threatening to make her cower further.
Even when she was around Mr. Jata as a dragon she hadn’t been scared like this, but never before had such suspicion and ire been directed towards her by a grown up before. Paige felt very out of place, anxious and unsure, worried that she had done something to upset the starchild. She didn’t understand. Why was it bad that she knew Sah? Was she not supposed to know they were friends? Was it a secret? She wouldn’t tell if it was, but Paige hadn’t known that it was one. ”M’sorry… I- I won’t tell anyone… I swear.”
Even when she was around Mr. Jata as a dragon she hadn’t been scared like this, but never before had such suspicion and ire been directed towards her by a grown up before. Paige felt very out of place, anxious and unsure, worried that she had done something to upset the starchild. She didn’t understand. Why was it bad that she knew Sah? Was she not supposed to know they were friends? Was it a secret? She wouldn’t tell if it was, but Paige hadn’t known that it was one. ”M’sorry… I- I won’t tell anyone… I swear.”
Paige
