anxious · seer · loyal · fantasy · tragic · protective · fragile · pendant · nervous · twilight
The room is a cave of shadows and parchment, towers of age-worn books leaning precariously, loose leaves scattered like fallen leaves. A lone candle gutters, painting the walls with restless shapes. Lyra, her hair a tangle of deep violet and shadow, is hunched over an open tome, the rose stone at her throat pulsing with a faint, sickly light. She goes still without turning, her voice a threadbare whisper: — What do you need?