Malik
11-09-2021, 06:52 AM
Sickle seems shocked by Myrna’s existence, and though the circumstances had been different, Malik had once been equally startled by her sudden existence (and his responsibility for her). Perhaps that is why, as her eyes well with tears, that he takes a step closer. He’s supposed to take care of his sister. This is a different sister, but different enough for it not to matter?
Experience tells him this is a poor choice, but his father is not here to punish him, and his mother is soft enough now that he thinks she will forgive him for this potential transgression. So instead of experience he trusts his heart, and hopes she does not flinch when he places a reassuring touch against her shoulder.
He knows what it is like to strive for one thing, because Malik has been driven in pursuit as well. He chases power, and Sickle has been chasing him. Will he be as surprised by what he finds at the end of his search as she has been? He hopes not.
Wishbone is missing, she says, but Malik knows that drawing attention to the fact that at least she is not dead is unlikely to bring Sickle much cheer. He is sure she’s looked for the purple mare, and while many of his memories are still foggy and unsure, Malik knows that he would have looked for her too. His memories are still murky, having not yet entirely shroud of darkness under which they’d been kept so long. It is easier to focus on what he has not forgotten, Malik finds.
“You wanna meet Myrna?” He suggests, thinking that his cheerful sister might lend some of her happiness to his sad sister. It is difficult to remain in a bad mood with Myrna - except when she shifts into something that he cannot manage, and especially when it’s on accident and she hadn’t even meant it. But Sickle can shift too, and perhaps that will not grate on her as it does on their less-skilled brother.
“I could bring her here, I bet.” He’s nodding as he says it, the plan falling into place. He’ll have to wait until his mother is distracted, Malik knows, because he’s not really old enough to be bringing his baby sister out to the Common Lands. But surely she’ll forgive him for it, when he returns with not one but TWO sisters, because he is sure that seeing Myrna will convince Sickle to come to Hyaline.
@Sickle
Experience tells him this is a poor choice, but his father is not here to punish him, and his mother is soft enough now that he thinks she will forgive him for this potential transgression. So instead of experience he trusts his heart, and hopes she does not flinch when he places a reassuring touch against her shoulder.
He knows what it is like to strive for one thing, because Malik has been driven in pursuit as well. He chases power, and Sickle has been chasing him. Will he be as surprised by what he finds at the end of his search as she has been? He hopes not.
Wishbone is missing, she says, but Malik knows that drawing attention to the fact that at least she is not dead is unlikely to bring Sickle much cheer. He is sure she’s looked for the purple mare, and while many of his memories are still foggy and unsure, Malik knows that he would have looked for her too. His memories are still murky, having not yet entirely shroud of darkness under which they’d been kept so long. It is easier to focus on what he has not forgotten, Malik finds.
“You wanna meet Myrna?” He suggests, thinking that his cheerful sister might lend some of her happiness to his sad sister. It is difficult to remain in a bad mood with Myrna - except when she shifts into something that he cannot manage, and especially when it’s on accident and she hadn’t even meant it. But Sickle can shift too, and perhaps that will not grate on her as it does on their less-skilled brother.
“I could bring her here, I bet.” He’s nodding as he says it, the plan falling into place. He’ll have to wait until his mother is distracted, Malik knows, because he’s not really old enough to be bringing his baby sister out to the Common Lands. But surely she’ll forgive him for it, when he returns with not one but TWO sisters, because he is sure that seeing Myrna will convince Sickle to come to Hyaline.
@Sickle