09-07-2016, 10:21 AM
Ruan
A gentle warmth spread through him as her words sank in. After searching for his mother, and then longer still for his dear sister, he felt he'd finally found family. The one he had before was lost, never to return from their rest. Her magic had showed him their ends, their settling bones.
In her, he found a new family sprouting, blooming a rare and beautiful flower amidst the sundering of the lands they once knew.
A new life, in a new world.
"Of course I am yours," he said with certainty. "For as long as you'll have me. Perhaps even longer still, should I die and haunt your shadow," he teased.
His thoughts slid into darkness then, realizing what he said and what it meant. He knew from their unity that she had lived many generations, and would continue to do so. Immortal. Eternal. While he would naturally wither away in age. And die. Had she considered that yet?
He kept them slowly walking, clearing an uncomfortable lump in his throat and changed the subject. "So you like these people? You trust them?" Trust was an important factor to him, for his was a loyal heart. He didn't want to be found one day, standing up for the wrong person. Fighting for a dark soul. She knew this of him, and he put his faith in her judgement without question.
In her, he found a new family sprouting, blooming a rare and beautiful flower amidst the sundering of the lands they once knew.
A new life, in a new world.
"Of course I am yours," he said with certainty. "For as long as you'll have me. Perhaps even longer still, should I die and haunt your shadow," he teased.
His thoughts slid into darkness then, realizing what he said and what it meant. He knew from their unity that she had lived many generations, and would continue to do so. Immortal. Eternal. While he would naturally wither away in age. And die. Had she considered that yet?
He kept them slowly walking, clearing an uncomfortable lump in his throat and changed the subject. "So you like these people? You trust them?" Trust was an important factor to him, for his was a loyal heart. He didn't want to be found one day, standing up for the wrong person. Fighting for a dark soul. She knew this of him, and he put his faith in her judgement without question.
