01-24-2021, 03:38 AM
i've been sleeping so long in a twenty-year dark night
and now i see daylight
and now i see daylight
The genuine warmth and delight that Avelina greets her with is almost enough to banish her anxiety and insecurities entirely away. The whispers in her mind are further dulled and replaced by her friend’s sweet voice instead, and Narya finds herself clinging to the clarity of it like a lifeline. Her cheeks flush warm at the compliment, having nearly forgotten that she looked entirely different from the last time. Her dark eyes are cast downward as she grapples with how to deal with it—she was often alone, and therefore not accustomed to compliments in the least.
“Thank you,” she finally manages to say, but she is afraid the words are so quiet and her stare still so focused on the ground that it would sound insincere. With a tilt of her chin, she lifts her eyes to hers, the tentative smile still settling on her dark lips. “I don’t really know what happened. I just woke up one day and suddenly I was different.”
But there is a strange weight to her words, and try as she might she cannot fight the worry that rises up in her throat. Her jaw tightens with the effort to push the feeling away, even though the indistinct murmuring has returned to her mind. She shakes her head, trying to force them away, but when she answers Ava's question she cannot help but to sound distracted. “I’ve been fine, mostly.” There is a tense pause, then, as her tongue seems to tingle with the want to spill all of her troubles. Biting it back she instead forces a bright smile, letting her gaze focus on the young mare. “And how have you been? I see you’ve gathered some new friends,” her smile grows more relaxed as she gestures to the fireflies nestled in her mane, thinking she did not recall her having those before.
“Thank you,” she finally manages to say, but she is afraid the words are so quiet and her stare still so focused on the ground that it would sound insincere. With a tilt of her chin, she lifts her eyes to hers, the tentative smile still settling on her dark lips. “I don’t really know what happened. I just woke up one day and suddenly I was different.”
But there is a strange weight to her words, and try as she might she cannot fight the worry that rises up in her throat. Her jaw tightens with the effort to push the feeling away, even though the indistinct murmuring has returned to her mind. She shakes her head, trying to force them away, but when she answers Ava's question she cannot help but to sound distracted. “I’ve been fine, mostly.” There is a tense pause, then, as her tongue seems to tingle with the want to spill all of her troubles. Biting it back she instead forces a bright smile, letting her gaze focus on the young mare. “And how have you been? I see you’ve gathered some new friends,” her smile grows more relaxed as she gestures to the fireflies nestled in her mane, thinking she did not recall her having those before.
narya
@[Avelina]