"But the dream, the echo, slips from him as quickly as he had found it and as consciousness comes to him (a slap and not the gentle waves of oceanic tides), it dissolves entirely. His muscles relax as the cold claims him again, as the numbness sets in, and when his grey eyes open, there’s nothing but the faint after burn of a dream often trod and never remembered." --Brigade, written by Laura
05-14-2023, 06:51 PM (This post was last modified: 05-14-2023, 06:52 PM by Beyza.)
She likes the word Ea uses better than the one she had. A protector, not necessarily a leader. There may be no one else except the pair of them to lead for now anyway - and she does not get the impression that Ea needs any sort of leading or guiding. Maybe the other mare doesn’t even need any protecting either. There’s a power there, to be sure.
Regardless of the direction of this conversation, she looks forward to sharing this home with this new friend.
Ea says that the protector could be Beyza, if she wants it, and the crystalline mare considers it. Or considers it more, because it would certainly be a lie to say she had not already given it any thought.
It is a want of hers, though Beyza knows it is not necessarily the title itself. She wants a new beginning for herself, wants to discover more of her story - wants a chance not to fade into obscurity, and to be known for something she has done - to forge relationships based on who she is, not the creature she allows others to mold her into. She wants so many things that it overwhelms her sometimes, and it is so easy to brush them all aside and pretend they do not exist simply so she can get through her life free from the weight of them.
She grew quiet and still for a moment while her thoughts tangled and then untangled themselves, and she blinks a few times as she comes back into the present and renews her warm smile. “I would like to protect this place.” She admits - and adds “Would you like to protect it with me?”
I LOVE the idea of using stones/pebbles from the lake. Maybe the twiggy idea, with the twigs/branches wrapped around the pebbles as the base and then their tips form kind of jagged line to mimic the shape of the mountains? And for a ~magical~ flare maybe the tips/edges of the crown glow a little (I’m picturing like… as if the sun is rising behind the mountains kind of thing? AND MAYBE if there's two rulers one could have a golden/sunny glowy tint to it and the other could have a silvery/moon glow to it??).
