She lets out a soft huff that might almost be laughter, if it did not sound so bleak. "You interrupted my solitude," she says, and shakes her head. "Rest is..."
She opens her eyes, but does not turn to look at him; instead lifts her chin and looks out over the plains. Her brow is furrowed, her eyes distant, facing outward but looking inwards. She does not want, in truth, to see his face in this moment.
"There is no rest," she says, at last, so quietly that the wind almost whips it away entirely. "The Shadow has lifted from the world, but not from my heart, and I am an empty and darkened thing. I am weary of company, and of light, and of duty, and so solitude and shadow call me." Now, at last, she turns to him again, and a small, sad smile curls her lips. "You did not insult me. You saw what I would fain be, if I were not hollow. But I am hollow, and it means more that you saw me at all."
It is more honest than she entirely meant to be, and she can feel the colour rising on her cheeks as she realises what she has just said to a stranger. But it is said now, and there is no taking it back.
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Date: 2021-09-02 01:34 am (UTC)She opens her eyes, but does not turn to look at him; instead lifts her chin and looks out over the plains. Her brow is furrowed, her eyes distant, facing outward but looking inwards. She does not want, in truth, to see his face in this moment.
"There is no rest," she says, at last, so quietly that the wind almost whips it away entirely. "The Shadow has lifted from the world, but not from my heart, and I am an empty and darkened thing. I am weary of company, and of light, and of duty, and so solitude and shadow call me." Now, at last, she turns to him again, and a small, sad smile curls her lips. "You did not insult me. You saw what I would fain be, if I were not hollow. But I am hollow, and it means more that you saw me at all."
It is more honest than she entirely meant to be, and she can feel the colour rising on her cheeks as she realises what she has just said to a stranger. But it is said now, and there is no taking it back.