Hope and Despair
12-05-2013, 07:15 PM
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Walk | Talk | Think His reassurance surprised her. She had anticipated perhaps a returned nuzzle if not a little nudge of encouragement, but he had done more. A kiss to the top of her head and then resting his against hers, she had felt protected, loved even, as if her happiness truly meant something to him more than just another good deed to add to his list of kind acts. It had been...comforting, in its own way, and stirred in her a stronger sense of friendship and compassion than she had felt in some time. It was very much unlike what she had felt with Awaken, feelings that had sprung suddenly and strongly and caught her within them with dizzying speed, and so she did not make any initial comparisons. This was much slower, much softer, sneaking much like a predator upon prey. It had not fully captured her yet, still creeping determinedly her way, but she was beginning to sense it, to know, somehow, that Knight was important in her life. And it was considerably reassuring to feel in that moment that she was to him too. The smile upon his face as she drew away mixed with what she was feeling allowed a small yet sincere one to materialize upon her face, her lips curving gently to match his own. And it only strengthened when he mentioned Kestrel's cleverness. "She is," Mercianne answered, her tone gentle but the nod of her head certain. She did not give herself time to think that she still referred to her daughter in the present, or the fact that sometime in the future she might not be able to anymore. "If she's well, she'll be looking for us too. We've never been away from each other this long. I don't doubt that she'll be scared." Only just she could see her daughter jump in her mind at something that might have frightened her, but knowing the strong will the girl had, she added, "But she won't stop. She's always been brave, more so than a few of her brothers." And surely they were taking this roughly too. Crow, in particular, had always been the closest to the girl, not the least bit bothered by her quietness or her tendency to do first and think second. Reminded of the boys that still remained, she felt the need to return to them, to cling to those that she still had in order to prevent this horrible experience from happening all over again. But out in the open as they were, without even the facade of the Snow Rogues to hide behind anymore - where had the rest of them gone? - Mercianne was starting to feel more and more vulnerable and defenseless. Too many strangers could happen upon them at any time, too many new faces in too many different directions that she could not defend all at once. With a somewhat worrisome frown settling across her soft features, she asked of Knight, "Do you think we're still safe? At the Cove?" |