the universe is in your bones, the stars in your soul
Kamaria's eyes lift and her lips part in a gasp at the shimmering fish as they pop into existence above them. She didn't know spirits could be so pretty-looking. Stories she heard on the docks of Kaiholo were usually of frightening or trickster ghosts. Standing up, she watches them swim through the air and reaches out as if to touch one. "They're so, so cute!" she says warmly.
Her attention stays glued to them for only a short time, however. The warning her mother gives her is well-placed, she knows. Safrin wants to keep her protected, away from war. It breaks Kamaria's heart to turn to her mother and look into her starlit eyes, and yet in her own heart she still wants this so badly.
"But Mom.." she frets, dropping down to her knees in front of the goddess, pleading, "I can't help anyone if I'm... me. I want to help, please." Her brows raise hopefully. "Can't you make me like Dad?" She glances back toward him, where he waits for her, and then she turns to look at Safrin, "Attune me? Then I can be strong, like he is! Besides, everyone is my friend. Friends don't hurt each other. I won't get hurt, Mama, I promise." Her eyes search her mother's face for the answer she so desperately wants.
Her attention stays glued to them for only a short time, however. The warning her mother gives her is well-placed, she knows. Safrin wants to keep her protected, away from war. It breaks Kamaria's heart to turn to her mother and look into her starlit eyes, and yet in her own heart she still wants this so badly.
"But Mom.." she frets, dropping down to her knees in front of the goddess, pleading, "I can't help anyone if I'm... me. I want to help, please." Her brows raise hopefully. "Can't you make me like Dad?" She glances back toward him, where he waits for her, and then she turns to look at Safrin, "Attune me? Then I can be strong, like he is! Besides, everyone is my friend. Friends don't hurt each other. I won't get hurt, Mama, I promise." Her eyes search her mother's face for the answer she so desperately wants.
it's never really the end
Kamaria
