Keinme. [ She repeats it quietly. Power. All her life, she's been chasing power, to grab any that she could for herself. She'd been powerless for so long, and when she finally got close to it, everything was ripped away.
And now she does have power, more than she ever thought possible. Not power siphoned off others, not shallow power that she used to hurt others. Real, undeniable power, a connection to this world and to the Singularity.
But more than that, she now has everything she always wanted. The power, but also the people. Sure, it's not exactly the world as she dreamt it -- magical world jumping didn't factor into her fantasies -- but for everything it's missing, Abraxas gives her something better.
The warmth in her ribs feels tight, like there's so much there that she could burst, and she glances at him one more time before she puts the necklace in his hand and then twists to face away. She brushes her hair over one shoulder, and looks back over the other. ] Put it on for me?
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And now she does have power, more than she ever thought possible. Not power siphoned off others, not shallow power that she used to hurt others. Real, undeniable power, a connection to this world and to the Singularity.
But more than that, she now has everything she always wanted. The power, but also the people. Sure, it's not exactly the world as she dreamt it -- magical world jumping didn't factor into her fantasies -- but for everything it's missing, Abraxas gives her something better.
The warmth in her ribs feels tight, like there's so much there that she could burst, and she glances at him one more time before she puts the necklace in his hand and then twists to face away. She brushes her hair over one shoulder, and looks back over the other. ] Put it on for me?