you shine brighter than anyone

Sohalia

The young woman flinched as the stranger tossed her a towel, but somehow managed to snag it from the air with only a small portion of the fabric swinging to hit the ground. She used the towel to squeeze the water from her hair, then wrapped it around her shoulders and began wringing out as much of her dress as she could reach. There was little that the man's towel was going to do for her clothes, unfortunately, but she appreciated the gesture all the same.

Sohalia shuddered at the stranger's description of the creature that had nearly tried to kill her. "I didn't realize that such beasts roamed the mists," she admitted, flushing red with embarrassment. She should have done more research before coming to the Wilds, or at least known to use her common sense. "Thank you again," she said with feeling. "I will be more careful from now on."

She studied the man from beneath her lashes as she finished wringing out her dress. It was still damp, but as dry as she could make it under the present circumstances. The stranger inspected a winged deer - the creature that had defended her from the Ceffyl Dŵr - as a unicorn looked on. She'd never met anyone with two companions before, and her interest was clear on her pretty face now that the danger had passed. "I'm Sohalia, by the way," she said. "Sohalia Lumaris."

and that's the hope I have
the only thing I know that's keeping me alive