[for cameron] a talk too long delayed
It had been on her mind since Daniel mentioned it, both getting her own hut built and why she had not wanted one. After all, the last time she had to choose whether to live amongst primitive humans, she had secluded herself and sought Ascension.
Yet the last time, she had not been newly human, forced into a body after ten thousand years. She had not been trapped on an island shrouded in technology more advanced than anything she knew. So far advanced that she could only guess at its workings and others called it magic.
She had not been shattered from a battle with Adria that had raged an indeterminable time.
Nor had she become accustomed to Cameron's presence, the last time.
All of this was in her mind, while she sat on the porch steps at sunset, waiting for Cameron to return. She would talk to him, and then she would decide.
Yet the last time, she had not been newly human, forced into a body after ten thousand years. She had not been trapped on an island shrouded in technology more advanced than anything she knew. So far advanced that she could only guess at its workings and others called it magic.
She had not been shattered from a battle with Adria that had raged an indeterminable time.
Nor had she become accustomed to Cameron's presence, the last time.
All of this was in her mind, while she sat on the porch steps at sunset, waiting for Cameron to return. She would talk to him, and then she would decide.