[she grimaces, needing to swallow against a pain in her throat.]
But you don't even...know me.
[there's the rub, right? she gets to stand around remembering while no one else does -- even people she cares about. loves, even! she wasn't supposed to wind up like this -- she's only half an elf. but life and circumstance has led her to outliving her elvish kin twofold, and her with none of the hereditary tricks to cope with a long memory and burdened heart.
she bites the inside of her cheek to keep another outburst in check, shaking her head.]
No. No, that may as well be so. So be it. That may be all I can do, then, and at least that's... [eugh. she huffs feebly, unable to finish that miserable thought, hating the very notion.]
no subject
[she grimaces, needing to swallow against a pain in her throat.]
But you don't even...know me.
[there's the rub, right? she gets to stand around remembering while no one else does -- even people she cares about. loves, even! she wasn't supposed to wind up like this -- she's only half an elf. but life and circumstance has led her to outliving her elvish kin twofold, and her with none of the hereditary tricks to cope with a long memory and burdened heart.
she bites the inside of her cheek to keep another outburst in check, shaking her head.]
No. No, that may as well be so. So be it. That may be all I can do, then, and at least that's... [eugh. she huffs feebly, unable to finish that miserable thought, hating the very notion.]