( Ysayle is not a woman of comfort, and as such has no words for the dragoon that might ease the realization that is dawning on him. Even if she had, she knows him well enough to spare him it; at worst he would take it as pity, at best: as unnecessary. )
I fell, that much is true. T'was not my intention to live, dragoon, yet here I am.
( She looks at him then, eyes sharp and holding his gaze for however long he will allow it. And then she reaches for the flowers -- lilies -- her cold fingers brushing over his to offer him proof of her continued existence. They're beautiful, if a simple gesture, and she tucks them into the crook of her arm to keep them safe from the tempestuous wind that tears at them.
A fine gesture. She was not lying when she told him it was appreciated. Only it was never meant to be something for her to weigh in on, and Iceheart can only imagine how much more his thoughts will churn at this proof of her continued existence. )
How I came to survive I know not. Hydaelyn herself, perhaps, or an act of mercy by Hraesvelgr. But Vidofnir saw to my recovery as best she could, and then I rested at Tailfeather. ( Before Nidhogg attempted to take Vidofnir's life -- it was familiar, being surrounded by dragons and trying to find her new path. She is grateful for it, even if she still has not found it. ) It was the Lord Commander himself who told me you were free of Nidhogg and that you sought to travel here, although I hear tell he has a new title now.
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I fell, that much is true. T'was not my intention to live, dragoon, yet here I am.
( She looks at him then, eyes sharp and holding his gaze for however long he will allow it. And then she reaches for the flowers -- lilies -- her cold fingers brushing over his to offer him proof of her continued existence. They're beautiful, if a simple gesture, and she tucks them into the crook of her arm to keep them safe from the tempestuous wind that tears at them.
A fine gesture. She was not lying when she told him it was appreciated. Only it was never meant to be something for her to weigh in on, and Iceheart can only imagine how much more his thoughts will churn at this proof of her continued existence. )
How I came to survive I know not. Hydaelyn herself, perhaps, or an act of mercy by Hraesvelgr. But Vidofnir saw to my recovery as best she could, and then I rested at Tailfeather. ( Before Nidhogg attempted to take Vidofnir's life -- it was familiar, being surrounded by dragons and trying to find her new path. She is grateful for it, even if she still has not found it. ) It was the Lord Commander himself who told me you were free of Nidhogg and that you sought to travel here, although I hear tell he has a new title now.