Inkheart
JUST LIKE FIRE, BURNING OUT THE WAY
IF I CAN LIGHT THE WORLD UP FOR
JUST ONE DAY WATCH THIS MADNESS
COLORFUL CHARADE NO ONE CAN
BE JUST LIKE ME ANYWAY
IF I CAN LIGHT THE WORLD UP FOR
JUST ONE DAY WATCH THIS MADNESS
COLORFUL CHARADE NO ONE CAN
BE JUST LIKE ME ANYWAY
The stranger manages only a hello at first, the only strength he can muster. At least that's what she guesses, because he can barely bring himself to speak, and when he does it is but a stammer. She has half a mind to mock him, to curse his weakness at being unable to even speak for himself. But before she says anything, they are interrupted. Behind her another approaches, his scent male and also Solterran, but almost with a cool crispness to it. She spares him only a glance as he pulls up a short space away from her. Her golden eyes recognize him from the last herd meeting, but beyond that she knows nothing about her. 'Hello traveler.' Well he's diplomatic - whether that's a good or bad thing she has yet to decide. She turns her attention away from him to the intruder.
He quivers under her stalwart and demanding gaze. Something festers in those golden-green eyes, but what? Perhaps it is simple anxiety. The poor thing despite his apparent beauty seems underfed, malnourished. Not completely a lost cause, but needing more fat and muscle. What is this festering? Her eyes narrow as he stammers on, having found a shred of confidence. Part of her listens, processing his words, and part of her watches closely to find some confirmation of what her paranoid mind has begun to suspect. All she's seen is a stammering fool with a strange look - but it is enough to get her senses tingling. "Only." Her voice murmurs his name, tasting it. Lost. Harmless. Good intentions with gifts to prove it. Does the devil not often come in such guises? His demons sent, often so innocent in appearance, to lure mortals? And still, no evidence. She glances at the pale Solterran next to her. Does he see -- sense -- what she does?
"I am Inkheart. You have entered the land of Solterra. Upon entering you are bound by the rule and law of Solterra." She says nothing of his offering, his gift. Before anything else proceeds she wants to make sure he knows what will happen henceforth.
