[private] the devil you know

[Anaxarete]

HELLO DARKNESS, MY OLD FRIEND She could feel Beyza’s desire almost as if she had called out her name. So the shadowmare comes to her. And when she arrives, she understands why it is that Beyza has come. “You have been beyond the Veil,” the shadowmare says simply, acknowledging that she does understand. She can sense the change in the girl’s magic, and Anaxerete does not need Beyza to ask before she acts. The shadows leech from the shadowmare – crawling along the sandy Pangean soil until they’ve encircled the girl.  The dark shadows slowly rise, twisting as they swirl around Beyza’s pure white form until she is completely encircled in a dark globe of swirling shadows.  Anaxarete’s eyes slide shut as she concentrates.  Some actions are easy – but this level of magic is difficult.  There is finesse involved with healing another’s magic, especially when the injury has been inflicted by magic as well.  The globe of shadows slowly begins to constrict until they lie just against Beyza’s skin – turning the girl something other than white for perhaps the first time in her life. And then, as the shadowmare exhales, the shadows seep beneath Beyza’s skin – healing what has been broken.  Or at least what was within Anaxarete’s capacity to heal. ”I’ve done what I can,” the shadowmare says, her voice matter of fact but not as cold as what was usually regarded as her normal. ”Your voice will return in time but your magic has healed. You can use telepathy to communicate.  You might have some trouble with control as you heal.”  It was normal for any magician, after the ordeal she’d been through, to experience hiccups. The shadowmare had taken the liberty to heal the physical wounds as well – but she cannot touch the parasite within. Anaxarete did not probe Beyza’s memories of her experience. She would not violate the girl in such a way – especially not one she held in such high regard.  But she does not leave the girl after the healing is complete.  ”You can tell me what happened or nothing at all – but I will always be here to help you, Beyza.” A N A X A R E T E

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@[Beyza]