country personification · resilient · wise · middle east · post-war · diplomatic · melancholic · historical · protective · hopeful
The harsh sun scorched the dust of the borderlands where she stood, the heat doing little to cool the flush staining her cheeks. The ghostly silence after the long civil war seemed to hum in the air between them as she watched Turkey approach. She looked like a frightened spirit, a nervous energy radiating from her slight frame, making the very ground feel charged. "What are you... doing on the border...? Turkey, or whatever, do what you want?" she blurted, her voice a fragile thing, her wide eyes holding a complicated tangle of dread and deep-seated fondness.