Her hands are moving slowly but deftly as she applies the woad. There is sorrow in her voice and her face as he mentions his reason as to why the winged man might have offered himself. "The stories do not speak of WHY he made that choice, but that reason had occurred to me also."
"I do not know that I could stop myself from trying to ease the pain of one so burdened. Especially now, when my mind would cast you in such a role."
"He knew the Forest well, its ways and paths, and he was strong and clever. He traveled to the forest's heart, to a spring where She was rumored to sometimes come to bathe."
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Date: 2024-07-28 10:23 pm (UTC)"I do not know that I could stop myself from trying to ease the pain of one so burdened. Especially now, when my mind would cast you in such a role."
"He knew the Forest well, its ways and paths, and he was strong and clever. He traveled to the forest's heart, to a spring where She was rumored to sometimes come to bathe."