The kiss is welcome, but the words more so, and her face lightens as she hears them. She touches his face with gentle fingers. "How do you always know what to say?" she murmurs, stroking his cheek. "Yes, that is it exactly. Even though I had decided to lay my sword aside..."
She doesn't need to finish. She worked hard all her life for her skills and place as a shieldmaiden. To choose another path is one thing, but to have the old path taken from her is hard. Even without the injury to her pride, it is hard.
She leans up and kisses him again, out of gratitude for being so understood, and by the time the kiss ends she looks more herself. She clasps their hands together, looking down at them. "It is my hope that I will be less troubled by it in time. Here--" She looks around at the training fields, at the Golden Hall up on its hill. "Here I am too torn, still too much trying to fit into an old life no longer suited to me. When I am less surrounded by memories, I think I will not mind so." A smile flits across her face, and she squeezes his fingers. "Another reason why I am impatient for us to be wed. As though more reasons were needed!"
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Date: 2018-06-11 09:13 pm (UTC)She doesn't need to finish. She worked hard all her life for her skills and place as a shieldmaiden. To choose another path is one thing, but to have the old path taken from her is hard. Even without the injury to her pride, it is hard.
She leans up and kisses him again, out of gratitude for being so understood, and by the time the kiss ends she looks more herself. She clasps their hands together, looking down at them. "It is my hope that I will be less troubled by it in time. Here--" She looks around at the training fields, at the Golden Hall up on its hill. "Here I am too torn, still too much trying to fit into an old life no longer suited to me. When I am less surrounded by memories, I think I will not mind so." A smile flits across her face, and she squeezes his fingers. "Another reason why I am impatient for us to be wed. As though more reasons were needed!"