Maea
And I hope that you don't suffer
But take the pain
But take the pain
She gave him a pat on the shoulder. "Sorry to bust your illusions. The truth is, the only good fight is the one that doesn't take place. Violence never actually solve problems. It just shifts the focus and give people something new to argue about while they stall the inevitable. In the end, it always comes down to dialogue anyway, and it always ends with both sides having to make compromises. No one wins, everyone loses." And until that happened... all anyone had was war. Big or small, over whose turn it was to do the dishes or whose gods got to do what to whom.
There was a faint catch to her sigh, not quite annoyance but not not that, either. "Oh, no. Not force it. Just prod and poke and weedle until I go, right?" Keeping up the high pace with little effort, Maea let go of him and shoved her hands in the pockets instead. "Honestly, I..." There was a pause, a slight hesitation that could almost be consideration.
But when she went on, back came the usual circumvention of the issue. "Listen, I don't know why you're so sure she'll even talk to me at all. I'm not exactly her biggest fan... and I've tried to hurt her demigod. Indirectly, sure, but it was still aimed at Nate." Emotions bled from her voice until there were none left, and only cold indifference remained. The shield was back up.
"You haven't asked about that, yet. Why's that, Amun?" She stopped at the edge of town and turned to face him. "I don't really buy into the idea that you don't care about what I did."
There was a faint catch to her sigh, not quite annoyance but not not that, either. "Oh, no. Not force it. Just prod and poke and weedle until I go, right?" Keeping up the high pace with little effort, Maea let go of him and shoved her hands in the pockets instead. "Honestly, I..." There was a pause, a slight hesitation that could almost be consideration.
But when she went on, back came the usual circumvention of the issue. "Listen, I don't know why you're so sure she'll even talk to me at all. I'm not exactly her biggest fan... and I've tried to hurt her demigod. Indirectly, sure, but it was still aimed at Nate." Emotions bled from her voice until there were none left, and only cold indifference remained. The shield was back up.
"You haven't asked about that, yet. Why's that, Amun?" She stopped at the edge of town and turned to face him. "I don't really buy into the idea that you don't care about what I did."
Hope if everybody runs
You choose to stay
You choose to stay
