You have so much of everything but still you wanted more
One small relief. Being quiet had not caused him pain. Still, Seren felt better now that she was no longer keeping secrets from her father.
"You're not very happy about it, are you," she guessed quietly, squeezing his arm again. As if to assure that she wasn't going anywhere, even if it was true.
She did snap her head around to look at him properly when the word dragon passed his lips. Surprised and delighted, Seren grinned widely at him. "That's amazing," she assured, skipping a few enthusiastic steps when the bubbling excitement became too much to contain. "But you can't just keep it bottled up, then you'll never control it. Let me know when you have it figured out, yeah? I want to go flying. You'd let me ride on your back, wouldn't you?" She could already imagine it. The wind whipping her hair, the thunder of beating wings and the vast continent sprawled out beneath them as they conquered the sky. "It would be wonderful."
Nodding her assent to cocoa - the food options increasing in this place was a good thing, indeed - Seren followed down the road, lifting her nose to the wind as delightful scents announced the presence of a shop. Her cheerfullness was short lived, but even though the topic she had broked made her stomach churn, the starchild refused to let it bow her shoulders.
"They detect the presence of magic in the fetus before it is born. Then they allow the babies to be delivered within the city walls, so that they die. And then they discard them outside the city walls, like garbage. Gideon told me." The calm of her tone had an stony quality to it, cold and hard as the cobbles beneath their feet. Stars, she was relieved that he hadn't known.
"You're not very happy about it, are you," she guessed quietly, squeezing his arm again. As if to assure that she wasn't going anywhere, even if it was true.
She did snap her head around to look at him properly when the word dragon passed his lips. Surprised and delighted, Seren grinned widely at him. "That's amazing," she assured, skipping a few enthusiastic steps when the bubbling excitement became too much to contain. "But you can't just keep it bottled up, then you'll never control it. Let me know when you have it figured out, yeah? I want to go flying. You'd let me ride on your back, wouldn't you?" She could already imagine it. The wind whipping her hair, the thunder of beating wings and the vast continent sprawled out beneath them as they conquered the sky. "It would be wonderful."
Nodding her assent to cocoa - the food options increasing in this place was a good thing, indeed - Seren followed down the road, lifting her nose to the wind as delightful scents announced the presence of a shop. Her cheerfullness was short lived, but even though the topic she had broked made her stomach churn, the starchild refused to let it bow her shoulders.
"They detect the presence of magic in the fetus before it is born. Then they allow the babies to be delivered within the city walls, so that they die. And then they discard them outside the city walls, like garbage. Gideon told me." The calm of her tone had an stony quality to it, cold and hard as the cobbles beneath their feet. Stars, she was relieved that he hadn't known.
Seren
