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The touch of Erthë’s lips as she carefully wiped away her tears only made more, until, hopelessly, Maude felt them moving one after the other. She supposed it was okay to be sad and lonely, but she also wanted to be brave, and to have faith, as her mother had always told her she was supposed to. It was very difficult, though, especially the more nights that passed in which was by herself, her night time songs no longer earning praise or minor modifications from her half asleep father. Sniffling and sighing, she does her best to contain herself. No one understands anyone who is crying, she reminds herself. Well, except maybe snot people, if there were such things. “I think so too,” she softly says, because, deep down, she does. Her uplifted mood and minor grumpiness is well received by her kind friend, and with a softening expression and a warm smile, the antlered maiden meets Erthë’s eyes with a much less severe glance. “It’s okay,” she answers, immediately forgiving her friend, and understanding, too, how new things could lure adventurers like she and Erthë, especially, further and further away, “I’d probably have gotten distracted too.” The next question has a lot of answers, and Maude’s smile falters into an expression of pondering as she tries to think of everything. After a short while, she starts, some of it sad, and some of it happy, and her expressions, and the rapidity and cheer of her voice, bound up and down depending on the topic. “Well… Mr. Tembovu had to go on a quest somewhere, so Miss Lyanna is Queen now, and they say the Earth’s daughter was our Seer for a while, but I didn’t ever meet her. She definitely did make a hot tub over in the big clearing there though, and it’s freaking huge. Otherwise, everyone is really worried about that Kaos guy. We were all working on making the Moon a temple, before…” she sighs, softly, and avoids the eminent horror, as she always does; it’s easier to pretend its not happening, after all, “anyway, I grew some glow cherry tree saplings for it, like the ones you and I shared. Daddy and I planted them alongside the path leading to the temple in the early fall, before the ground froze. They seem much happier in real ground, and are growing pretty fast.” that I will see the Light |
Hold onto this lullaby, even when the music's gone.
