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Post by PeroxidePirate on Aug 25, 2010 2:57:01 GMT 10
Title: Glitter and Shine Rating: PG Prompt: 21. wild heart, child heart Summary: There are so many things to love, but sometimes the heart chooses its own path.
Sandry was seated at her loom, thread sliding precisely under her hands. Will you join the caravan if you don't come home? she asked.
If I don't go back to Summersea? I don't know. Daja was working, too, shaping Gold Ridge copper into a set of ornamental plates.
There was a peculiar hesitancy in Daja's thoughts. Sandry poked.
It's Polyam, Daja explained. She mentioned that she's been waiting for me. And when I told her about... about Rizu, she wasn't surprised. At all.
Neither was Lark. When I asked why, she gave me that understanding smile and said, 'birds of a feather.'
Daja slammed her hammer down onto the warm metal. And why should they know before I did?
Sandry just suppressed a laugh, focusing instead on changing a bobbin. So she's interested and you're not? she asked, after a moment.
I don't know. I was in love with Rizu. I am in love? Maybe it was foolish-
Daja, no, Sandry interrupted. The court of the empress, with all that glitter and shine, showed us things we'd never seen before. Of course we got swept up.
You fell in love too, Daja realized. With Shan.
Sandry focused on her loom, picking out the texture of each individual thread. Yeah. It was childish, and maybe it was a mistake, but it was there – whether I like it or not. And I'm not ready to move on yet, either.
I'm not ready to move on, Daja replied. But I'm not exactly ready to be home.
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Post by ev on Aug 25, 2010 3:03:14 GMT 10
At least Daja and Sandry are opening up to each other, but even so, what is Daja going to do?
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Post by Lisa on Aug 25, 2010 11:35:06 GMT 10
Oh, I adore your interpretation of this prompt. (it amuses me, because we seem to approach every prompt from opposite sides. lol!) I like that Sandry's admitting that she loved Shan... that's a pretty big thing for her. I love that they're both working - it makes it all the prettier.
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Post by PeroxidePirate on Aug 26, 2010 11:52:39 GMT 10
Thank you both! Lisa, you're totally right. Interesting.
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