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[solmate]

WHO: Alina + closed starters (Kirigan, Ciri, Kylo, Geralt)
WHAT: Alina haunts some friends new and old
WHERE: Free Cities, the Horizon
WHEN: Throughout October
NOTES: No warnings currently. This will be a catch-all for October threads. If you'd like a custom starter, dm me and we'll figure something out!

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[solmate]

[ A little startled, Alina leans back feeling like she's missed the last step in the stairs. Her breath catches as she listens to Ciri. She almost begins to protest, that it wasn't her fault or that she just needs practice, but it all feels like lame platitudes. So instead she listens. Really listens.

Then, she shifts forward in the water to scoot closer. Slowly as to not feel like she's invading too quickly. Gently, Alina reaches for Ciri's hand and clasps it between her own. It's not an effort to calm her down, Alina knows what it's like to feel such big things, too enormous and heavy to put into words.

Grisha women scare me, Mal had joked. Before they knew of course. He would never tell it to her now. But there is no telling what he still thinks when she has this collar around her neck. The heat of the sun is a brutal thing when looked upon too closely.

She dips her head, thumb stroking against the back of Ciri's hand. Alina has a tenuous relationship with her own powers, so she won't tell her that she should be glad to have them or work harder to master them. It'd almost certainly be easier if they were gone, and Alina wouldn't dare tell Ciri any differently. ]

It wasn't your fault.