"I feel... I feel like... there is so much to do and undo." She begins to get into a routine. "That I can control my body and its energies and the precise nature of it until it screams for mercy and even beyond, and have my very martial prowess become a puzzle for others to solve, and it won't change that other people took a beautiful revelation and saw only a new kind of weapon, a new way to wage war, another fascinating method of drawing blood."
Natalia cannot see it. Shu might be able to-- the way the mist swirls beneath her dance describes a rose. "I want to take up the tools of my Lotus and make music again, rather than pull bow-strings."
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Date: 2025-05-26 12:58 am (UTC)Natalia cannot see it. Shu might be able to-- the way the mist swirls beneath her dance describes a rose. "I want to take up the tools of my Lotus and make music again, rather than pull bow-strings."