12-18-2019, 11:58 AM
For all that she can see much more than she should, she is, regrettably, not omniscient. Were she, all of this may have so easily avoided. As it is, when Woolf comes, it is certainly not among her many thoughts that his plans may involve removing her from Beqanna.
But then, he had always been one of the more unpredictable of her siblings.
As his magic wraps around her however, she realizes there would be no room for reason here. Though frustration and anger kindle almost immediately, rationality supersedes all those emotions. She could not leave Nerine adrift.
Unsurprisingly perhaps, Heartfire is a great planner of many eventualities. Neverwhere may never have understood why Heartfire took an interest in her, but she had always had her reasons. And though others may struggle to see beyond the brash honesty and sharp edge of tongue, Heartfire had recognized a woman who would not be easily cowed. One who would not fall victim to false tongues or be taken in by overly sweet words. The very things one needed, if one were to survive kingdom politics.
Reaching desperately through the connection she had long ago built between them, she batters her message none too gently against her sight. Not for the first time, she wishes she could use words. As it is, Neverwhere is (hopefully) clever enough to pick the message from her vision. Of Heartfire, disappearing beneath a wave of magic. Of Nerine. Of Neverwhere, alone, before the kingdom.
Whether or not Neverwhere would accept the weight she had just been handed, she cannot know. Regardless, she leaves her a parting gift: her sight, restored in full. Then, within seconds, she is gone, oblivious, wrapped in a cocoon of her own brother’s making.
@[Neverwhere] bippity boppity boop
But then, he had always been one of the more unpredictable of her siblings.
As his magic wraps around her however, she realizes there would be no room for reason here. Though frustration and anger kindle almost immediately, rationality supersedes all those emotions. She could not leave Nerine adrift.
Unsurprisingly perhaps, Heartfire is a great planner of many eventualities. Neverwhere may never have understood why Heartfire took an interest in her, but she had always had her reasons. And though others may struggle to see beyond the brash honesty and sharp edge of tongue, Heartfire had recognized a woman who would not be easily cowed. One who would not fall victim to false tongues or be taken in by overly sweet words. The very things one needed, if one were to survive kingdom politics.
Reaching desperately through the connection she had long ago built between them, she batters her message none too gently against her sight. Not for the first time, she wishes she could use words. As it is, Neverwhere is (hopefully) clever enough to pick the message from her vision. Of Heartfire, disappearing beneath a wave of magic. Of Nerine. Of Neverwhere, alone, before the kingdom.
Whether or not Neverwhere would accept the weight she had just been handed, she cannot know. Regardless, she leaves her a parting gift: her sight, restored in full. Then, within seconds, she is gone, oblivious, wrapped in a cocoon of her own brother’s making.
@[Neverwhere] bippity boppity boop