"I'm sure I do, you know." Have a point, that was. "I usually do." Still, him bonding with her might be different than with someone else? Faith couldn't quite help but raise an eyebrow and add, with the kind of dry delivery he used, rather than be on the receiving end of. "Well, I rather hope so." She couldn't maintain it, though and her grin was quick to follow.
Then, though, all teasing was put aside and she concentrated. When the healing from Moseke's blessing was done, Faith felt a very real anxiety, a sense of concern which she had only felt since being free. In freedom, she was able to make choices and Padraig had been, literally, the first one she made. Watching him as he lit a lamp and then opened the curtains had the kind of anxiety which only ever came with worrying about him. When he turned to her, though, with a smile on his face, Faith felt relief flood over her, a hundred times more powerful than any negative and a hundred times less than the love she felt for him. She prayed to Moseke, her thanks and her respect, her devotion and determination to do good in this world.
Had she known how worried he was? Yes, of course she had. It would have done neither of them any good to live there, though. "I wouldn't have rested, Padraig. Besides, I'd already been thinking about it. If the worst had happened, that is. My first class, I had a student who was blind. She had a means of writing, raised indents on the page which meant that she could read with her fingertips. I've collected up information from the library." She shrugged slightly. The student in question, Elizabeth, had been studying chemistry but had transferred to medicine. Faith admitted that she'd thought it far too difficult a task, but the young woman was excelling. "It would have made it more difficult, not impossible. Nothing, after all, is impossible." She could use that information now, though, she explained with a serious and earnest expression, to help others.
When he took her hand, though, guiding it to his arm, Faith watched in fascination. She put her hand over where the glowing band was for him and she felt his hand wrap around hers. As he spoke, she said nothing as she kept her gaze on him. For just a moment, she didn't even look down at her arm, just watched him. "I don't know if you needed them for this." She hadn't looked down, but she knew it was there. For her, after all, it was a matter of faith. "But you didn't for me. All the words in all the world, not one of them do it justice." Leaning forward, she kissed him gently.
Then, she couldn't help but grin as she looked down and saw it for the first time."Look at us, with the matching arms." Holding it up in front of her, Faith looked at it and frowned slightly. "What's this do, then? And will you help me find out as much as we can about that venom?"
Then, though, all teasing was put aside and she concentrated. When the healing from Moseke's blessing was done, Faith felt a very real anxiety, a sense of concern which she had only felt since being free. In freedom, she was able to make choices and Padraig had been, literally, the first one she made. Watching him as he lit a lamp and then opened the curtains had the kind of anxiety which only ever came with worrying about him. When he turned to her, though, with a smile on his face, Faith felt relief flood over her, a hundred times more powerful than any negative and a hundred times less than the love she felt for him. She prayed to Moseke, her thanks and her respect, her devotion and determination to do good in this world.
Had she known how worried he was? Yes, of course she had. It would have done neither of them any good to live there, though. "I wouldn't have rested, Padraig. Besides, I'd already been thinking about it. If the worst had happened, that is. My first class, I had a student who was blind. She had a means of writing, raised indents on the page which meant that she could read with her fingertips. I've collected up information from the library." She shrugged slightly. The student in question, Elizabeth, had been studying chemistry but had transferred to medicine. Faith admitted that she'd thought it far too difficult a task, but the young woman was excelling. "It would have made it more difficult, not impossible. Nothing, after all, is impossible." She could use that information now, though, she explained with a serious and earnest expression, to help others.
When he took her hand, though, guiding it to his arm, Faith watched in fascination. She put her hand over where the glowing band was for him and she felt his hand wrap around hers. As he spoke, she said nothing as she kept her gaze on him. For just a moment, she didn't even look down at her arm, just watched him. "I don't know if you needed them for this." She hadn't looked down, but she knew it was there. For her, after all, it was a matter of faith. "But you didn't for me. All the words in all the world, not one of them do it justice." Leaning forward, she kissed him gently.
Then, she couldn't help but grin as she looked down and saw it for the first time."Look at us, with the matching arms." Holding it up in front of her, Faith looked at it and frowned slightly. "What's this do, then? And will you help me find out as much as we can about that venom?"
