long thoughts

[embitterdinetna]

These children, these heedless children.

I've never understood it.

I'm one of the quiet ones, the dark ones. We don't demand much, or move quickly, or give much light.

But we're always there.

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[parispicked_me]

Yeah, and the "always there" is the REALLY annoying part.

[embitterdinetna]

*just looks at her*

[parispicked_me]

*likes being looked at, but... not by him* What?

[embitterdinetna]

*...sits there, quietly, in the way Hephaestus has, the way that makes everything feel more solid, and more close, and more quiet*

*and doesn't say anything*