The blonde nodded but didn’t interrupt as Julianna spoke of their surroundings. Though she did tilt her head when the Watcher trailed off. Valerie’s imagination popped up with it’s own ideas, all of which were unhelpful as the flashed within her mind. Devastating. Horrific. Unimaginable. Complex. She cut her train of thought off by paying attention to the woman in front of her, body language saying it all.
Elfleda.
A small noise escaped Valerie as she lifted her chin, now she knew the name to the cryptic entity. Before she had a chance to really ponder that, the elder said something to snap her out of her thoughts. “Wait, the stone is a trigger? It felt harmless when I carried it around. Are you alright?” Admittedly, that paled in comparison to Julianna’s revelation that Elfleda had not only just waltzed into her life, but had taken the time to warn the woman. That felt instinctively interesting.
“What kind of warning?”
More importantly, why? Elfleda had the ability to come and go as she pleased from different dimensions and yet spoke of only dealing with those that held some sort of potential. Why bother a Watcher? Unless she felt that Julianna was somehow interfering in her plans. No, if that were the case then it meant Valerie was part of them… Inside, the essence twisted as if sensing the topic at hand, a queasy sensation made saliva pool in her mouth. She swallowed it back with a grimace.For now, the cocoa was abandoned on the table.
“It’s because I gave you the stone, isn’t it?” It feel like a form of punishment. Twice in two days she’d found out something bad had happened to people she was trying to form a relationship with. Which, in her eyes, made it her fault. Green eyes sought out Julianna’s and for a tense moment she didn’t say anything, just tried to read the woman’s expression before finally whispering, “What did she say?”
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Elfleda.
A small noise escaped Valerie as she lifted her chin, now she knew the name to the cryptic entity. Before she had a chance to really ponder that, the elder said something to snap her out of her thoughts. “Wait, the stone is a trigger? It felt harmless when I carried it around. Are you alright?” Admittedly, that paled in comparison to Julianna’s revelation that Elfleda had not only just waltzed into her life, but had taken the time to warn the woman. That felt instinctively interesting.
“What kind of warning?”
More importantly, why? Elfleda had the ability to come and go as she pleased from different dimensions and yet spoke of only dealing with those that held some sort of potential. Why bother a Watcher? Unless she felt that Julianna was somehow interfering in her plans. No, if that were the case then it meant Valerie was part of them… Inside, the essence twisted as if sensing the topic at hand, a queasy sensation made saliva pool in her mouth. She swallowed it back with a grimace.For now, the cocoa was abandoned on the table.
“It’s because I gave you the stone, isn’t it?” It feel like a form of punishment. Twice in two days she’d found out something bad had happened to people she was trying to form a relationship with. Which, in her eyes, made it her fault. Green eyes sought out Julianna’s and for a tense moment she didn’t say anything, just tried to read the woman’s expression before finally whispering, “What did she say?”