#evanuris captee verse tbt.

[avrorean]

@orxna "I'll be right here when you wake up." ↳ signs of comfort.

The Warden had already lost track of how many days it had been since she was brought here. Nanna she had been when brought forcefully through the doors of the hidden temple, but now-

Not for the first time, a frown tugged at her scar . Nadas'Melana, they called her now. She knew enough of the old tongue to lay its meaning - inevitability of time. It wouldn't be the first time someone had taken her name, but it by far had been the most unsettling. There was a jibe here, alongside the sickingly sweet way the pair were constantly referred to as da'fen, their precious little wolves, but the connection to... someone who'd left long ago, someone that apparently connected them. She'd wanted to puzzle it all out, find a solid string of logic she could follow that they might find some way to properly escape (and he wouldn't come, she thinks. And if he would, he shouldn’t..), or at least something that could be manipulated to their advantage and protection. And after last time... When Ghilan'nain had....

Nanna rubbed her eyes firmly to chase away the memory. She was tired. So tired.

"You should get some rest," whispered a tiny voice nearby her, and Nanna met the nervous gaze of her fellow da'fen. Trying still, so hard to be brave in the ways she knew how. "I'll be right here when you wake up."

It almost seemed as though Nanna were to reject the idea, but stopped the words before they could slip through. No, Orana was right. There was no point wasting energy running thoughts and worries in her head only to be exhausted later.

"... Thank you, Orana." Nanna always made sure to say her name outside the hearing of their deific jailers, wanting- no, needing to hold on to the pieces of themselves until she could figure something out. But even as her head thumps softly against the cage wall behind her, she hesitates, an uneasy look sent at the elven girl at her side. "If... If anything happens, anything at all, please do not hesitate to wake me."