"What a shame she's fucked in her head, " they said.
With his agreement they set off, both ignoring the looks and the whispers they get when they're together like this. It seems it'll never end. There will always been opinions and thoughts about the Flood and the Nightshade. Maeve stays close to his side, occasionally checking on Edmund, ensuring that he's still sleeping peacefully against Sunjata's chest. She smiles softly at his words, "I'm glad to hear she's settling. Paige misses her, but that was to be expected." Her slender shoulders lift in a shrug, shifting the shawl that's around them to fall further down her arms. The younger girl would inevitably find others to fill her time, but the Nightshade couldn't blame her for missing one of her first real friends.
Jade meets steel grey and her head dips in acknowledgement of his question, "Things are good here too. We've almost finished with the fountain for Safrin. I don't know if you knew, but in the Court we're enabling the fountain to have healing properties." She explains, wrapping her arms loosely around her middle, finding herself surprised for a moment at how easy it is to do that again.
"I felt that there were many here who needed a chance to heal. I wanted to give them that." They had wanted to give them that, but Aurelia is gone and it's just her now. The fact of that still hurts to think about, but Maeve takes a breath, trying her best to push through those feelings of abandonment.
Jade meets steel grey and her head dips in acknowledgement of his question, "Things are good here too. We've almost finished with the fountain for Safrin. I don't know if you knew, but in the Court we're enabling the fountain to have healing properties." She explains, wrapping her arms loosely around her middle, finding herself surprised for a moment at how easy it is to do that again.
"I felt that there were many here who needed a chance to heal. I wanted to give them that." They had wanted to give them that, but Aurelia is gone and it's just her now. The fact of that still hurts to think about, but Maeve takes a breath, trying her best to push through those feelings of abandonment.
Maeve
