Evie
I'm growing up, but I'm not growing old
Evie takes a quiet moment to honor lives she'd never known, to quietly pray they'd found their way to Mort's arms as swiftly and painlessly as possible. It is not foreign to her to then move on to lighter topics, to smile and laugh; grief is an expense of energy most Grounders had learned they couldn't afford in lengthy expenditures. "Halo is special; that's why it's the best city," she teases, nose wrinkling in her habitual manner as she grins. She has yet to see the Underwater Kingdom, which is something she hopes to achieve someday. Hadama may only come to know Halo by her shoreline, and Evie wishes there was a way to change that.
Maybe this is the first step to bridging the gap between worlds, however. It takes a great deal of bravery, but the reward is worth the trepidation, the stilted, gasping first breaths that enter her lungs. Staring around unblinking at the shallows around her, marveling, it takes a moment for Evie to notice Hadama's hand signs. She hesitates; it is better to fully test the bubble, right? It will surely pop eventually, and while that will be scary Evie trusts in her friend. Experimentation will only help everyone else they can inform of this little miracle plant. So Evie nods carefully and pulls herself along by the bottom of the estuary until she is fully submerged, hair a halo of fire around her head.
It is here that the tinnitus begins to develop, and the Evergreen winces with it. It's a strange thing to hear in the otherwise deadening silence of the water around her, but she pushes through it - and, just in case, does another thumbs up to assure Hadama it's a bearable pain. Waiting for him to lead her onward wherever he chooses.
Maybe this is the first step to bridging the gap between worlds, however. It takes a great deal of bravery, but the reward is worth the trepidation, the stilted, gasping first breaths that enter her lungs. Staring around unblinking at the shallows around her, marveling, it takes a moment for Evie to notice Hadama's hand signs. She hesitates; it is better to fully test the bubble, right? It will surely pop eventually, and while that will be scary Evie trusts in her friend. Experimentation will only help everyone else they can inform of this little miracle plant. So Evie nods carefully and pulls herself along by the bottom of the estuary until she is fully submerged, hair a halo of fire around her head.
It is here that the tinnitus begins to develop, and the Evergreen winces with it. It's a strange thing to hear in the otherwise deadening silence of the water around her, but she pushes through it - and, just in case, does another thumbs up to assure Hadama it's a bearable pain. Waiting for him to lead her onward wherever he chooses.
And I hate to do anything that I've been told
