knuckles brush lightly over @ravenheralds's cheek while he sleeps. he looks so peaceful.
she had never comprehended the true weight of love before she met him but now those tonnes are welcomed.
๐ come if orym called and if she went down, the champion would come.
but she will be fine ( hopefully ). please take care of your people, imogen. they need you.
( she will try to find the others. )
( oh she thinks imogen has been braver than even she knows. she has looked death in the face and has still sought love. she and keyleth are very alike. )
aye but it started with her, at the ashari. they knew she'd ๐
( imogenโs never been very good at that, bravery. but she supposes thereโs not much else to do than try. )
it canโt all be her fault. ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ called her here, none of them knew what that lunatic was planning โโ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ. โฏ
( say nothing, and be brave. that is all they can do. )
those are answers she cannot provide. she is sorry; she wishes she knew, she wishes she had been better. she is the voice of the tempest but she has been such a fool. ๐
. . . ( what can she say? the locket feels heavier around her neck, burdened by lies and betrayal. the tears burn in her eyes, her throat. )
what now, tempest? how do they come back from this? the rest of her friends, โฏ
she has been so weak, has failed so many.
it is she who should be asking for forgiveness. but right now, in these moments, all she can do is send a breeze to ๐
girl โโ . . . no. ๐๐๐๐๐๐, to take the blame for such a thing when lead by love would be a sin greater than those committed by ludinus da'leth.
they do not blame her for loving her mother or wanting her back, ๐
itโs so fucking unfair. she knew her troupe didnโt have much of a chance, it was so ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด, but to play right in to what they wanted . . .
how does she get rid of it, then? from her standpoint, she deserves it.