There is more for me to do
It is not that I weary of playing with Luum, for he is endless joy made flesh. Nor is it that I weary of taking pictures of him and sending them to our friends, for I wish all to see how beautiful he is. Nor still is it that I weary of spending time with my beloved Hugo, for I was parted from him for far too long and so unwillingly.
But this is not all that I am. Mother and wife ... two roles, two titles. I have left "princess" behind, but still I am a warrior, and that is no mere title that is granted or revoked. Donna understood. It is how we were able to be sisters, heart-kin, despite the differences between the ways of the Amazons and my own people.
I have enjoyed the time I have spent playing, and I have grown strong again. Now I wish to test that strength in battle once more. When I heard of Nightwing's troubles, I was aflame to fly to his side, but I know he would not ask me to fight shoulder to shoulder with him now. He has always been one for ... I believe Lilith called it "killing his own snakes"? Pah. Donna told me how it was Amazonian custom to take a sister's blows when necessary, whether in training combat or in earnest battle, to let your sister spend her anger in safety or place your own body between her and the edge of the enemy's sword. I would do more and glady for any Titan, much less for one who was my ma'aranyr for so long.
But he has not asked, and I know his pride. And I know he would not want me to kill this Blockbuster--though I would gladly strike down such a coward who attacks from the shadows not at his enemy but at his enemy's wife.
There must be something I can do.
But this is not all that I am. Mother and wife ... two roles, two titles. I have left "princess" behind, but still I am a warrior, and that is no mere title that is granted or revoked. Donna understood. It is how we were able to be sisters, heart-kin, despite the differences between the ways of the Amazons and my own people.
I have enjoyed the time I have spent playing, and I have grown strong again. Now I wish to test that strength in battle once more. When I heard of Nightwing's troubles, I was aflame to fly to his side, but I know he would not ask me to fight shoulder to shoulder with him now. He has always been one for ... I believe Lilith called it "killing his own snakes"? Pah. Donna told me how it was Amazonian custom to take a sister's blows when necessary, whether in training combat or in earnest battle, to let your sister spend her anger in safety or place your own body between her and the edge of the enemy's sword. I would do more and glady for any Titan, much less for one who was my ma'aranyr for so long.
But he has not asked, and I know his pride. And I know he would not want me to kill this Blockbuster--though I would gladly strike down such a coward who attacks from the shadows not at his enemy but at his enemy's wife.
There must be something I can do.