Maea
And time it waits for no one
It heals them when you die
It heals them when you die
He didn't oppose the idea of the liquor, which was good. Unfortunately, his follow up question circled more around the part that Maea was least sure about, and she gazed thoughtfully into the glass when he poured her more whiskey. She felt the alcohol warm her veins, loosening the tongue and making her relax... really, she should not drink any more. She reached for the water.
"It's something I'm still trying to figure out," she admitted. "Depends on how Neron would treat it, whether it should be left where it is or mined for trade... There's the problem of Zariah to consider too." She wasn't oblivious to it, had not forgotten about the woman. How could she? "For now, I want to see if it really exist at all, if it's reachable... the idea that there might be a deposit somewhere that is left unattended give me chills. Who knows what hands it might fall into if it's found and none of the established powers knows about it?"
Maea spread her hands, shuddering at the notion of errant powersources appearing at random in the hands of people with unknown intentions. At least Zariah was a known threat, someone watched closely by a number of people.
"What do you think? Is it better to leave it lying?" she asked, interested in his opinion.
"It's something I'm still trying to figure out," she admitted. "Depends on how Neron would treat it, whether it should be left where it is or mined for trade... There's the problem of Zariah to consider too." She wasn't oblivious to it, had not forgotten about the woman. How could she? "For now, I want to see if it really exist at all, if it's reachable... the idea that there might be a deposit somewhere that is left unattended give me chills. Who knows what hands it might fall into if it's found and none of the established powers knows about it?"
Maea spread her hands, shuddering at the notion of errant powersources appearing at random in the hands of people with unknown intentions. At least Zariah was a known threat, someone watched closely by a number of people.
"What do you think? Is it better to leave it lying?" she asked, interested in his opinion.
And soon you are forgotten
A whisper within a sigh
A whisper within a sigh
