[ small voice, small girl—if she's honest, maybe the mage hunter won't... he wouldn't kill her, not for one mistake. he's kind. he wanted to help.
(she did her reading. she was very attentive. mages who can't control themselves are killed, or cut away from the world. sliced out with surgical precision, no more danger but no more you, either.) ]
I've been staying in my room, I don't talk to people. I only go to the library. I'm learning as much as I can. I don't want to be a danger.
[ the trembling hasn't stopped. ness clasps her hands together tight to stop it, and breathes in slowly through her nose. she's not crying, crying isn't effective. tears are just salt water, they don't help anything. she doesn't save herself from a mage hunter with tears.
finally, she looks up, blue eyes meeting brown for as long as she can stand before she looks away again. ]
no subject
Since I got here.
[ small voice, small girl—if she's honest, maybe the mage hunter won't... he wouldn't kill her, not for one mistake. he's kind. he wanted to help.
(she did her reading. she was very attentive. mages who can't control themselves are killed, or cut away from the world. sliced out with surgical precision, no more danger but no more you, either.) ]
I've been staying in my room, I don't talk to people. I only go to the library. I'm learning as much as I can. I don't want to be a danger.
[ the trembling hasn't stopped. ness clasps her hands together tight to stop it, and breathes in slowly through her nose. she's not crying, crying isn't effective. tears are just salt water, they don't help anything. she doesn't save herself from a mage hunter with tears.
finally, she looks up, blue eyes meeting brown for as long as she can stand before she looks away again. ]
What happens to me now?