gallows;

[Shiya]

For your love I'd give my last breath Someone else who had been kind though more intimdating had been Gallows. The image of her face flashes across Shiya's memory and stirs her into motion. Maybe she will have direction or advice for the lost girl whose hopeful eyes rove across the familiar Valley. There still hasn't been a sign of Eight but she doesn't search for him. He wants her to venture out and to have more invested in her life than just him (but how easy can that be when every lovely memory is filled by him?). Her chest clenches as she finds herself missing him despite trying to fight it away. It's hard to turn away from someone so deeply burned into her mind. The constant battle wears on her. Mild distractions keep her sane. Soon, however, she will have to find him again. With the ascension of a new Queen, one whom she has at least met, Shiya is more eager to thrust herself into more conversation. Maybe - just maybe - she could find a purpose here. It would be new. Unlike her parents (who she has no recollection of) Shiya has been content keeping a low profile. Staying beneath a radar is all she has ever known, the only thing that she is familiar with. There is a struggle racing through her to bring herself from the shadows, but her determination overrules and she soon finds herself in front of her Queen. "Gallows," she says initially before stumbling over herself, "Uh, Queen... Ma'am... Liege... Lady... Umm..." She has never known the proper manner to address royalty. A sheepish, albeit jagged, grin stretches across her lips. She forces herself into a momentary silence before deciding to redeem herself. "Congratulations on your ascension," no stammering, no tripping over herself. The final statement slips from her tongue like velvet even as her heart flutters in anxiety and embarrassment. Shiya larva and dillan's lost little girl