09-26-2016, 04:20 AM
"It isn't a very good idea,"
she said to Mara. "He wouldn't like it."
Her face scrunched up, fighting against the tide for a more coherent explanation. This wasn't a good idea. This wasn't a good idea at all! But her protests only formed in a ball of feeling, nothing she could even hope to explain, and in the end she gave up. Her breath puffed out in a long sigh. Grasping at memories took too much effort. It was so much easier to forget. Not to mention far more pleasant.
Despite her reticence she didn't let go of Mara's hand, and had squeezed it back. Whatever reluctance the arch stoked in her, it didn't dampen her willingness to skip blithely into mischief. The tide would take her wherever it willed unless someone fished her out of the depths and set her to another path. But she was happiest in the current.
Nimeda swung their hands lightly back and forth as she had before. "Yes! Let's go. Anywhere else!"
Something of her usual self rekindled at the idea, and she held out a hand for Jon to join them in a closed circle. Something of Bear's warning drifted in the back of her mind. She smiled brightly, but the words blurted out in haste, like a light had suddenly switched on in her head. "I'm not sure you'd like Mara's pets, Jon. They're very bitey."
she said to Mara. "He wouldn't like it."
Her face scrunched up, fighting against the tide for a more coherent explanation. This wasn't a good idea. This wasn't a good idea at all! But her protests only formed in a ball of feeling, nothing she could even hope to explain, and in the end she gave up. Her breath puffed out in a long sigh. Grasping at memories took too much effort. It was so much easier to forget. Not to mention far more pleasant.
Despite her reticence she didn't let go of Mara's hand, and had squeezed it back. Whatever reluctance the arch stoked in her, it didn't dampen her willingness to skip blithely into mischief. The tide would take her wherever it willed unless someone fished her out of the depths and set her to another path. But she was happiest in the current.
Nimeda swung their hands lightly back and forth as she had before. "Yes! Let's go. Anywhere else!"
Something of her usual self rekindled at the idea, and she held out a hand for Jon to join them in a closed circle. Something of Bear's warning drifted in the back of her mind. She smiled brightly, but the words blurted out in haste, like a light had suddenly switched on in her head. "I'm not sure you'd like Mara's pets, Jon. They're very bitey."
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