[ Navia cuts herself off. It's silly, isn't it, the want to attach meaning to it, as if he saved her for some special reason. Of course there is no other reason than the obvious: she is a citizen of the land he loves. Whatever feelings may have begun to surface in her breast have no bearing on it whatsoever— they are hers to bear, not his, and—
and until this moment, Navia didn't even realize they existed.
Her fingers tighten on his arm, and her eyes close, but she says nothing at all as she breathes, tries to sort through the jumble of thoughts suddenly trying to gain her attention.
It's a feeling not remembered, not exactly. Maybe in part? Although without their being trapped here in this other world, perhaps they would never have been uncovered at all. It seems to her that between their experiences at home, and those here...
Ah, but she's been silent far too long, hasn't she? Her eyes open again, and she looks up at him, an apologetic smile on her lips. ]
I... I'm sorry, Monsieur Neuvillette. I was lost in my thoughts. It... it has been... [ and she pauses for breath, to blink back fresh tears that well in her eyes at the thought of Melus and Silver both— and now feelings for the one person for whom she cannot hold them— ] ...a lot to process.
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Date: 2024-01-04 09:55 am (UTC)[ Navia cuts herself off. It's silly, isn't it, the want to attach meaning to it, as if he saved her for some special reason. Of course there is no other reason than the obvious: she is a citizen of the land he loves. Whatever feelings may have begun to surface in her breast have no bearing on it whatsoever— they are hers to bear, not his, and—
and until this moment, Navia didn't even realize they existed.
Her fingers tighten on his arm, and her eyes close, but she says nothing at all as she breathes, tries to sort through the jumble of thoughts suddenly trying to gain her attention.
It's a feeling not remembered, not exactly. Maybe in part? Although without their being trapped here in this other world, perhaps they would never have been uncovered at all. It seems to her that between their experiences at home, and those here...
Ah, but she's been silent far too long, hasn't she? Her eyes open again, and she looks up at him, an apologetic smile on her lips. ]
I... I'm sorry, Monsieur Neuvillette. I was lost in my thoughts. It... it has been... [ and she pauses for breath, to blink back fresh tears that well in her eyes at the thought of Melus and Silver both— and now feelings for the one person for whom she cannot hold them— ] ...a lot to process.