What Secrets Lies Behind The Haunted Eyes Before Me?
What secrets lay behind the haunted eyes before me?
She did not look at me, but rather, at the stars above. Silence had reigned for some time, after the ancient master of the Academy had chosen to share with me her confession.
Her eyes closed and with a heavy sigh, she began to speak.
“I was a lonely child,” she said, looking out across the fields. “The parents of the other children didn't want them to play with me. I was trouble, they said, and you know what? They were right. I just wanted a friend, and I got mad when they refused. I was lonely, and hurt, so I lashed out.
“Foolish, I know,” she said with a chuckle, her aged voice rasping a little. She coughed to clear her throat before she continued.
“I remember the night I had the first …show more content…
All I was able to gather was that she could touch my mind and my imagination, and could understand them, enough to become aware of a wonderful, new, and exciting way of life. I'd opened her eyes to a whole new world that she could only experience through my mind, and I realized with awe that maybe, just maybe, I was as dear to her as she was to me.
“I told her my name was Sora, and then had to tell her what a name was. When she realized she could have her very own identity, she begged me for a name, and so I called her Miri. Her very own name... she was so happy. It was the first time she’d ever had anything.
“Since I had given her something of my world, she wanted to give me something of hers. She tried to help teach me how to pull her world into mine, how to bring the stuff of dreams into reality. I worked hard at it, and it was only a few weeks before I managed it. I pulled her world to my eyes, and I saw magic.
“That was the first time I ever saw her, though I couldn't make out any details. She was a glowing wisp of light, hovering in my hands. It was the first time I ever cast a proper spell... though some might argue that summoning her in the first place was actually my beginning. Either way, I had become something
She did not look at me, but rather, at the stars above. Silence had reigned for some time, after the ancient master of the Academy had chosen to share with me her confession.
Her eyes closed and with a heavy sigh, she began to speak.
“I was a lonely child,” she said, looking out across the fields. “The parents of the other children didn't want them to play with me. I was trouble, they said, and you know what? They were right. I just wanted a friend, and I got mad when they refused. I was lonely, and hurt, so I lashed out.
“Foolish, I know,” she said with a chuckle, her aged voice rasping a little. She coughed to clear her throat before she continued.
“I remember the night I had the first …show more content…
All I was able to gather was that she could touch my mind and my imagination, and could understand them, enough to become aware of a wonderful, new, and exciting way of life. I'd opened her eyes to a whole new world that she could only experience through my mind, and I realized with awe that maybe, just maybe, I was as dear to her as she was to me.
“I told her my name was Sora, and then had to tell her what a name was. When she realized she could have her very own identity, she begged me for a name, and so I called her Miri. Her very own name... she was so happy. It was the first time she’d ever had anything.
“Since I had given her something of my world, she wanted to give me something of hers. She tried to help teach me how to pull her world into mine, how to bring the stuff of dreams into reality. I worked hard at it, and it was only a few weeks before I managed it. I pulled her world to my eyes, and I saw magic.
“That was the first time I ever saw her, though I couldn't make out any details. She was a glowing wisp of light, hovering in my hands. It was the first time I ever cast a proper spell... though some might argue that summoning her in the first place was actually my beginning. Either way, I had become something