Neverwinter Forest Traversed a winding road and came her way

liliana learned that shadowing her father could be comforting, if she allowed it. she would often sneak behind him by stepping in his shadow to keep him from completely leaving her sight — even if it meant she couldn’t keep him within earshot, too. 


she watched him approach the border, but couldn’t tell who he was greeting from her place in the mulberry bush. it took a moment for her to finally decide that stepping out into the open was her only option.


miriam’s lilac sheen was the first thing to catch her attention, followed soon after by her familiar scent. she no longer smelled of mother’s milk and comfort, but of foreign lands; pollution. liliana crept quietly in the steps that mal had taken prior, her mismatched eyes focused on the phantom.


miriam! — yana’s ears flicked back against her skull, as though she were surprised to have her mother’s identity confirmed. you’re back? she coughed, voice chilled and full of disbelief. hadn’t miriam forsaken her children, allowing one to run off while abandoning the other? it didn’t make sense for her to return somewhere she was no longer wanted.


or, had already been forgotten.


unsure eyes turned upward to mal’s, meeting their twin pair. trusting him was made easier by pretending that instead of her father, this was asmoses, the first and only friend she’d ever really known. 


liliana drew in a deep breath, then turned back to miriam. where’s asmoses? she’d abandoned her wounded daughter to find him, a hefty risk, so surely she wouldn’t have returned unsuccessful.. right? yana hoped not as she remained teetering nervously between either parent.