[She is not sure if this place is safe, if she is in it, but perhaps. Perhaps she can be safe. She is sure that she is not happy, but how could she be? She smiles nonetheless, because she knows how to smile without feeling behind it.] I have met some who fit that description. I have heard the Queen takes many from battle, or from the brink of death.
[Is she really going to die? Perhaps she deserves it, but some part of her still hopes--she stops herself from pursuing those thoughts, as they are too troubling. She doesn't quite lapse this time, focusing instead on Mahalia's voice as she sings.
The song is beautiful, and there is magic in it as well; it is like nothing she has heard before. All of her goes quiet as she stands listening, rapt. The smile on her face softens, becomes sincere. She could listen to music like this forever.]
action;
[Is she really going to die? Perhaps she deserves it, but some part of her still hopes--she stops herself from pursuing those thoughts, as they are too troubling. She doesn't quite lapse this time, focusing instead on Mahalia's voice as she sings.
The song is beautiful, and there is magic in it as well; it is like nothing she has heard before. All of her goes quiet as she stands listening, rapt. The smile on her face softens, becomes sincere. She could listen to music like this forever.]