Shadewood nessun dorma

Her face softened, just a smidgeon.

Another lost soul, another chess piece, another living being she could at least attempt to advise.

She wanted to laugh, for a moment. Fucking gods, who let her do this to herself? She wasn’t cut out for this leadership thing.

But she had to be. For those like this young man, like Vorilye, like the things she had wanted to see in the world when she was young and fighting for her life, or running for it.

Its okay if you don’t want to decide yet, if you have no idea what you want to do. I swear it, on my own life. Nothing needs to be decided, until you decide it for yourself. Nothing good comes from forcing people to make decisions before they’re ready.