separate ways

There was radiant calm about this place, much in the way she remembered. A stark difference in her opinion to the reincarnated kingdom just outside. Perhaps that was unfair and rather premature of her but she couldn't find the room to care. In fact right now, she was here because she was so full to capacity of things weighing on her soul, she felt crippled. Historically there was only one way to ease that burden. 

Momentarily transfixed by the orb she'd gifted so many years ago, she disappeared into her thoughts. Being here made it hard not to remember the reasons why she loved coming to visit her mentor, the man that was more of a father to her than her own had ever been. Her eyes reflected the trick of light that the sphere manipulated as her fingers tapped on different points. It was like playing with something sentient, a favorite pet. She smiled fondly. She missed when things were this simple. Or perhaps she just missed the delusion that things were ever so simple. 

She spun at his words, whirling suddenly in a flurry of hair and skirts as she turned to meet his gaze. Soon after she was smiling brightly, eyes twinkling with true mirth. Can't it be both? I haven't been called that in hundreds of years. Less and less knew her as The Wisp by design. She was now known more for her current seat at the head of the Nero family. All part of her master plan. A plan she had shared with the elf in front of her when it was in it's rawest form of inception. Faelyn She crooned affectionately, wasting no more time by crossing over to him and folding into his arms. Her face nuzzled the same as it always did in a cradle of his blazed locks at his shoulder. She embraced him tight. 

I've missed you She murmured feeling a rather unexpected sting in her throat. She was usually so composed.