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09-20-2015, 06:49 AM
The crowd swelled. What was it about the presence of a god that drew them all in, like planets attracted by the gravity of a sun? Even one such as her, young and ignorant and already enamored by a very different kind of power, could not help but to relax and become at ease in the presence of this lord. He was not her god, not her light to rest in, and the heat from his flame was much too intense for a winter child like her. But at least she could admire him from afar, right? He probably wasn't all that different from his siblings even though he claimed to be, and a small part of her wanted to sniff and turn tail because it wasn't the lady Moon, but nevertheless his announcement that nothing was going to happen filled the child with such relief.
A more experienced soldier would likely have mistrusted such confidence. Anyone with more wisdom ought to have been prepared for the unexpected, accounted for the presence of chaos and remained alert. But Erthë was only a child and she wanted to believe this radiant, beautiful god when he said that no battles would disturb the tranquil peace of the new land. Not until the announcement let her muscles relax did she realize how tense she had been, how fretful and unenthusiastic. Already Erthë had come to realize that she disliked war, and how soothing was it not to realize she didn't have to be part of it again!
"Thank you" she whispered softly, a soft breath of relief addressed to the lord of flame. For being so thoughtful, for not bringing death and darkness unto this beautiful place, for not calling her name and thus force her to take sides. But mostly for not making her witness another defiling of fallen foes - she didn't know if she could stand that. Not from him.
For some time she simply hovered there on the outskirts of the gathering and watched the radiant god mingle with the mortals. But as he seemed to withdraw to speak with a pretty red-and-white mare the filly sighed and smiled, and turned to continue her exploration of this marvelous place.
e r t h ë
in every lost soul the bones of a miracle
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