MAEA
Not the kind of question she usually received, Maea sat stunned for a moment. Then had to think back, with a new angle to view her upbringing from.
"No..." came the slow response, while she let her gazed travel upward into the ceiling. "At least they tried not to be. My brother, Noah? He was wonderful. But I think father would have preferred if I wasn't Abandoned. He always had this air of disappointment when talking to me. And I couldn't use my magic at all. But I never wanted for food or shelter or anything I needed when I was sick - which was often. If anything, they were almost too kind. I could never quite repay any of it." Feelings of being a burden settled deep in the bones and was difficult to shake off. In many ways it still colored her decisions, making it difficult to sit empty handed and act out of pure self interest. Maea never felt as though she deserved anything.
"Were your family...? I know you said you weren't allowed to leave." Rolling her head over to gaze at Ophelia, Maea's eyes were filled with quiet care bordering on concern. She didn't quite know what to do with this instant connection to another person. Part of her wanted to bundle the other woman up in her arms and protect her, while a far more savage inclination told her to go apply some arson to a certain farm. She really, really hated cages of any form.
Was it hasty to tie herself down with someone else? A practical stranger? Perhaps. But Ophelia's enthusiasm was conscious, and Maea found herself toying with the idea of what a home might be like, that wasn't filled with shades of the past. The ruins of her old home were probably out there still, half a days walk from the Settlement - but even though it was entirely feasible to restore it, Maea didn't even consider it.
"Somewhere I've never lived before," she mused,. "A new place, not too far from the city. The Domiciles would be fine, or on the fringes.... Access to nature would be nice. What would you like?" It would take some planning, and more resources than Maea currently had access to, but the idea of a cottage wouldn't quite let go.
"No..." came the slow response, while she let her gazed travel upward into the ceiling. "At least they tried not to be. My brother, Noah? He was wonderful. But I think father would have preferred if I wasn't Abandoned. He always had this air of disappointment when talking to me. And I couldn't use my magic at all. But I never wanted for food or shelter or anything I needed when I was sick - which was often. If anything, they were almost too kind. I could never quite repay any of it." Feelings of being a burden settled deep in the bones and was difficult to shake off. In many ways it still colored her decisions, making it difficult to sit empty handed and act out of pure self interest. Maea never felt as though she deserved anything.
"Were your family...? I know you said you weren't allowed to leave." Rolling her head over to gaze at Ophelia, Maea's eyes were filled with quiet care bordering on concern. She didn't quite know what to do with this instant connection to another person. Part of her wanted to bundle the other woman up in her arms and protect her, while a far more savage inclination told her to go apply some arson to a certain farm. She really, really hated cages of any form.
Was it hasty to tie herself down with someone else? A practical stranger? Perhaps. But Ophelia's enthusiasm was conscious, and Maea found herself toying with the idea of what a home might be like, that wasn't filled with shades of the past. The ruins of her old home were probably out there still, half a days walk from the Settlement - but even though it was entirely feasible to restore it, Maea didn't even consider it.
"Somewhere I've never lived before," she mused,. "A new place, not too far from the city. The Domiciles would be fine, or on the fringes.... Access to nature would be nice. What would you like?" It would take some planning, and more resources than Maea currently had access to, but the idea of a cottage wouldn't quite let go.
Light is easy to love
Show me your darkness
Show me your darkness
BASE INSPIRED BY ODD <3
