[Training] In the dark of the night

M  A   E    A I talked to God to no avail Said, "If you won't save me, please don't waste my time." They were done, then. Good. This farse was not entertaining anymore, and Maea longed to continue her solitude. This dance of play pretend and passive aggressive half threats wore on her, until she felt aged and decrepid. She went to pick up the arrows - the one that had gone astray, the one that had made its mark, and the splinters of the broken. Holding the broken pieces, the question made her pause. Anything else? She could think of many things. Questions, concerns, curiosity of varying degrees, from serious to silly; but what rolled off the tongue before she could think it through - possessing none of Melita's reticence - was only selfish. "I would ask a favor... if you ever pass by a shrine." Too late to turn back now; Maea clenched her jaw and pushed the words out as she came over to the other woman, with the broken arrow in hand. "Could you... give this to Ludo, for me?"