Lake Rodney forge

tavina's touch only solidified her desires to banish all thoughts of a return. she could live here, in this moment. bathed in moonlight and looking like some sort of wild fae come to enchant the good doctor.

but there were words and they felt nearly plucked from her mind.

her face bore a look of shame and she found herself unable to hold a gaze on the doctor. i think i do, she started with slowly. they all seem so...brutish! barbaric! she declared as if it was almost unbelievable. and they have some sort of crazy history but i didn't care, i just thought it was a...a home. they had been so nice to me. i was their bard! she was a sudden flurry of words and began to pace in a small stretch of space in front of tavina.

but i came here to see you. then i went back and i — she sighed dramatically, she might have thrown up her arms if she had been able to. i realized i don't fit in. it's not for me, tavina. i'm not supposed to be with a bunch of warriors.

only now did she look back to the doctor, her brows pinched furiously on usually soft features.

i feel so dumb.