"There's truth in that," he agreed with quiet feeling behind the words. He didn't know if he could ever earn Safrin's blessing. Twice he had prayed to her in pain, and twice he had been broken down even further by the meeting. Soon, he hoped, he'd be able to find Ludo again, but until then all he could do was carry on with the new weight that Safrin had placed upon his soul.
A weight that seemed to shift and stutter as the energy raced through his veins and into the bird, setting her free of her injury. He was shocked to silence, to stillness, in the wake of it, shaken only from his frozen disbelief by the touch of Evie's hand. He drew in a shaking breath, nodding unsteadily and not sure whether to feel fear or joy, confusion reigning over both for the moment as he looked to her beseechingly. "How... how do you control it?" he asked, having so many questions and not knowing where to begin but remembering how the heat had been pulled from him without conscious volition.
A weight that seemed to shift and stutter as the energy raced through his veins and into the bird, setting her free of her injury. He was shocked to silence, to stillness, in the wake of it, shaken only from his frozen disbelief by the touch of Evie's hand. He drew in a shaking breath, nodding unsteadily and not sure whether to feel fear or joy, confusion reigning over both for the moment as he looked to her beseechingly. "How... how do you control it?" he asked, having so many questions and not knowing where to begin but remembering how the heat had been pulled from him without conscious volition.
