We can be the kings and queens of anything, if we believe.
The notion that she would harm anyone made Seren's head snap up, and the look she gave Ray was shocked. Then she recalled Sah's reaction to her, when he found out what she was. Shame and sadness curled her lips into a frown, and the girl closed her eyes, to calm down the raging protests.
"Never," she replied, quiet as a sigh yet with a wild fervor in the tone that made her sound altogether fierce. "I would ask for their help. That's all. There is something I need to do... it might be a bit dangerous, but I would never hurt anyone. Not unless they attacked me or my family first."
And that was why she could never become a soldier. Seren realized that now. Someone who walked the battleground, maybe. Someone who could do what was necessary, yes. But a murderer?
No. No. Please no.
"Never," she replied, quiet as a sigh yet with a wild fervor in the tone that made her sound altogether fierce. "I would ask for their help. That's all. There is something I need to do... it might be a bit dangerous, but I would never hurt anyone. Not unless they attacked me or my family first."
And that was why she could never become a soldier. Seren realized that now. Someone who walked the battleground, maybe. Someone who could do what was necessary, yes. But a murderer?
No. No. Please no.
Seren
