◖ continued from here with @gcdspride ◗
❝ But you’re not making it better, ❞
And suddenly her voice took a bitter edge, like shattered glass, the sharper shards violent, bloodied blades ; the edge fell upon her expression which too turned sour, and in a moment of great R A G E she reached with both hands to push her away, offended by the closeness that she herself had fostered. Faith thought of the blood those hands had known – of her angels forever lost, of her priestesses whose loyalty had never wavered, of her brothers, whom she had loved wholeheartedly despite their violence, despite their distance – and was filled with a mighty disgust. The bliss swirled around her, but its beauty brought her no comfort.
It still hurt in the Bliss. Nothing was supposed to hurt there. She wasn’t—- she wasn’t supposed to feel like this when into the petals she sank, when by the hand she guided others deeper into the gates.
The pain angered her again and so she stood her ground, spat words like violent venom.
❝ You’re ruining everything! ❞
But the sentence choked on a sob. Blinking away tears, she turned her head, cast her gaze beyond the grasses, to distant pools of crystal water. It wasn’t supposed to hurt. She wasn’t supposed to HURT. Immediately, she felt very tired, the rage slipping from her fingertips like fine grains of sand.
Faith reached out one hand, and for a moment it seemed her touch may graze Micah’s flesh as it had before. But she fell short, dropped the limb back to her side. What did she have, if she did not have her family? All else had been stolen from her. If she was to be next, she hoped there was peace to be found in the beyond.
❝ You could still come with us, to the new Eden. The world is dying, Deputy. We don’t all have to die with it. ❞