Luvena
She walked on with him slowly, watching the bog around him. It wasn’t as unfathomably dark as she had thought, as she noticed more about it. Fireflies flicked around about them. And where the moon did filter down through the mangroves, it reflected off the murky water with surprising clarity. Every once in a while she caught the gaze of cervine eyes, and every time she could see more and more how much they were like them.
She huffed out a laugh. “Too many to count,” she replied. “I only became a medic myself because I spent so much time with healers in and out of my own chambers. I’m sure my parents spent a fortune on them.” her voice drifted slightly, upon thinking what she had really cost her parents, her people. “I assure you I’m not going anywhere just yet”
That was a lie. Partially. She had no way of knowing when she would. Probably in a year or two. It wasn’t as quick this time, last time had been like an overdue strike. What should have happened to her when she had Liatris, coming much later due to a single wish. But she felt some of the same signs, just much more slowly now, the way it always should have been.
“Its not always a fun place to be” she murmured. “I had a taste of what its like to not be this way for a while. Immortality. Though ironically it wasn’t forever. The gods who gave it to me failed to tell me that it was tied to that lands. So when that land went down… well.”
She smiled. “For this journey at least” She continued to walk on with him, exploring. They’d make their way back to the portals eventually. But for now… well, it was nice to share an adventure.
(A good place to finish?)
@Liam
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