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finch"M'lady?" Rajani whispered into the darkness. She appreciated the peace and quiet after all the shouting and panic she remembered from her master and the others, but it seemed as if she'd been here for a long time.
She walked forward, if it walked and forward were words that could be applied to the way she was moving through the endless velvet. She wasn't even really sure she was moving.
There was a quiet snap that cut through the silence and then a single point of light. Rajani squinted and went to shield her eyes, pleased to confirm that she did, in fact, still have eyes to squint and arms to shield them with after all. As she adjusted to the light she realized it was a single candle, though a moment later it split as another candle was lit from it. In the candlelight she saw two faces, with skin dark as hers but white hair that caught all the available light. Both men smiled to see her and she thought they must be brothers.
"Welcome back, sister," one of them greeted her as he lit more candles.
"Would you like some tea?" the other asked, already pouring.
She seated herself on a divan that hadn't been there a minute before and accepted the tea gratefully. "But I don't think I had brothers..."
"We're all the Lady's children here," one said as he sat on her left. The other slid onto the cushion to her right, reminding her more of a cat than a person. She felt warm, and safe, and the tea smelled so delicious.
"It's good to be home," she closed her eyes, content.
She walked forward, if it walked and forward were words that could be applied to the way she was moving through the endless velvet. She wasn't even really sure she was moving.
There was a quiet snap that cut through the silence and then a single point of light. Rajani squinted and went to shield her eyes, pleased to confirm that she did, in fact, still have eyes to squint and arms to shield them with after all. As she adjusted to the light she realized it was a single candle, though a moment later it split as another candle was lit from it. In the candlelight she saw two faces, with skin dark as hers but white hair that caught all the available light. Both men smiled to see her and she thought they must be brothers.
"Welcome back, sister," one of them greeted her as he lit more candles.
"Would you like some tea?" the other asked, already pouring.
She seated herself on a divan that hadn't been there a minute before and accepted the tea gratefully. "But I don't think I had brothers..."
"We're all the Lady's children here," one said as he sat on her left. The other slid onto the cushion to her right, reminding her more of a cat than a person. She felt warm, and safe, and the tea smelled so delicious.
"It's good to be home," she closed her eyes, content.
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