Mara smiled...and felt something cold come up beside her. She looked up and whispered, "Hi Sally," to empty air. Then she rocked back and forth a little. The ghost had stood by her all night, and then had stayed by the shelter, and now it had drifted over like a sleepwalker again.
"The Doctor scared me at first. But I felt better after having a conversation with his spaceship." Blink. "Um...I...didn't make that up, really." She ducked her head.
"Gotta get used to the Doc anyway because there's a need there, just like I have a need here. Like I have to buck up and go back into the jungle in a few days. Because there's a need /there/. Compassion, I can do. I'm pretty good at it. It sometimes helps me face how scary things are."
She tried to explain the feeling she had for Tommy to him, but it was like translating things from a phrasebook she only had half the pages to. "I was flying with the birds and I lost track of time. I'm not sure how to explain that feeling, but Tommy is not a witch like Tara is a witch. He needs to go...out...kind of like that. But not in the air. In the sea. But I don't...even know if that makes any sense or anything." She was getting a little better at arrow-making; she finished another and set it aside. "You go out and you bring something back."
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[Mara] Children of the waters (tag Tommy, Molly, open)
Date: 2006-05-08 03:08 am (UTC)"The Doctor scared me at first. But I felt better after having a conversation with his spaceship." Blink. "Um...I...didn't make that up, really." She ducked her head.
"Gotta get used to the Doc anyway because there's a need there, just like I have a need here. Like I have to buck up and go back into the jungle in a few days. Because there's a need /there/. Compassion, I can do. I'm pretty good at it. It sometimes helps me face how scary things are."
She tried to explain the feeling she had for Tommy to him, but it was like translating things from a phrasebook she only had half the pages to. "I was flying with the birds and I lost track of time. I'm not sure how to explain that feeling, but Tommy is not a witch like Tara is a witch. He needs to go...out...kind of like that. But not in the air. In the sea. But I don't...even know if that makes any sense or anything." She was getting a little better at arrow-making; she finished another and set it aside. "You go out and you bring something back."