( a quizzical exhale puffs out of her as she rights herself, plucking at the wayward's bird nest that's been made of her hair. a twig rustles free, sprinkling hedge leaves out with it — some impressive savior she must look, emerging from the shrubbery like baba yaga on the hunt.
self-consciously, she smooths down the crumpled wrinkles in her gingham top, because she's already prophesizing what might happen next. alina will say yes, that's me, and dani's expression will turn skeptical — you? his look will say, giving a voice to the same creeping doubt that lives inside of alina, and alina will think — yes, her, through some mix-up of the universe. just a scrap of a girl, living in the grand shadow the sun summoner's legend casts.
under the inspection of his fingers, alina's own twitch, holding deathly still. letting him examine her safely, like she's a swarm of fireflies blinking in a glass jar. )
Who else?
( she laughs in an awkward, chafing breath. emphatically, the light spooling from her fingertips dims into a scant glow, the faint embers of a rapidly setting sun. )
no subject
self-consciously, she smooths down the crumpled wrinkles in her gingham top, because she's already prophesizing what might happen next. alina will say yes, that's me, and dani's expression will turn skeptical — you? his look will say, giving a voice to the same creeping doubt that lives inside of alina, and alina will think — yes, her, through some mix-up of the universe. just a scrap of a girl, living in the grand shadow the sun summoner's legend casts.
under the inspection of his fingers, alina's own twitch, holding deathly still. letting him examine her safely, like she's a swarm of fireflies blinking in a glass jar. )
Who else?
( she laughs in an awkward, chafing breath. emphatically, the light spooling from her fingertips dims into a scant glow, the faint embers of a rapidly setting sun. )
Aren't you afraid?