Briefly, she stiffened. Her presence in his thoughts stilled, as if tensed, ready to bolt at a moment's notice. And, in fact, she contemplated slipping back out for fear of what it meant for her to be doing this, even if he was allowing it--
But she did not. She stayed and settled, though her thoughts were forcibly quieter for the moment.
"I'll call to you, if I need to." She would not go invading his thoughts, even if her divinity allowed for it now. "But I won't abuse the gift you've given me," she whispered, more for her sake than for his.
As he spoke further, though, Neria was quiet and contemplative. Rhy and Kell were not as far along as she in godhood, but they could be-- And she did not know if she wished to encourage such a thing, especially if Kell and his family worried for the state of the world and for what might come after her.
"The one guard called me 'mas aven'," she whispered. "I didn't know what it meant. He was kind and polite to me...but I wasn't certain if I could chance it and press further." Not when she was alone, when her one ally might not have wanted to see her.
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But she did not. She stayed and settled, though her thoughts were forcibly quieter for the moment.
"I'll call to you, if I need to." She would not go invading his thoughts, even if her divinity allowed for it now. "But I won't abuse the gift you've given me," she whispered, more for her sake than for his.
As he spoke further, though, Neria was quiet and contemplative. Rhy and Kell were not as far along as she in godhood, but they could be-- And she did not know if she wished to encourage such a thing, especially if Kell and his family worried for the state of the world and for what might come after her.
"The one guard called me 'mas aven'," she whispered. "I didn't know what it meant. He was kind and polite to me...but I wasn't certain if I could chance it and press further." Not when she was alone, when her one ally might not have wanted to see her.