[ ...It's a far more tragic role than she'd anticipated, and her expression falls, conscientious and contemplative. (It explains her bound feet—not something from birth but something that had been forced upon her for the 'sake of duty'.)
It's difficult to hear that a child so young would already have been shaped to fulfill this ancient role, to have been raised with neither choice nor say in the matter.
(Never to have played with others her own age, run through summer grass, swam in cold creeks...)
It's terrible and cruel, and Aqua is sorry she hadn't known better. (She does now.)
She reaches over and places a hand over Sieglinde's, giving it a light squeeze.
(She won't say anything, there aren't really any words she can offer in proper consolation, even if it's a fate the Green Witch has accepted for herself.) ]
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It's difficult to hear that a child so young would already have been shaped to fulfill this ancient role, to have been raised with neither choice nor say in the matter.
(Never to have played with others her own age, run through summer grass, swam in cold creeks...)
It's terrible and cruel, and Aqua is sorry she hadn't known better. (She does now.)
She reaches over and places a hand over Sieglinde's, giving it a light squeeze.
(She won't say anything, there aren't really any words she can offer in proper consolation, even if it's a fate the Green Witch has accepted for herself.) ]