.: June 29th - Early Morning :.
"You watch him any harder and you are going to give him nightmares."
She sighed quietly from her place, leaning into the door's frame of Sergei's room. How long had she been watching him sleep? Considered waking him up and telling him what would happen within the next few days? He already knew what she was. It was amazing how he accepted it, not seeming bothered at all. Almost..comforting.
Still. It was better he didn't know. Along with the rest of them. It was her choice and hers alone. One that that she had been thinking long and hard over for a long, long time.
"Xavier? Are you sure that the seals were only a temporary thing?"
"You knew it was from the beginning that it was meant to only last so long. I am surprised that it lasted as long as it did." Xavier answered from his place in the shadows. He couldn't place it but there was something about her that was different.
She smiled and lowered her chin. "It was done by wonderful and powerful people."
"They must of been people you trusted."
Carefully she closed Sergei's door, leaving the simple note tucked where he could find it. She didn't question Xavier's conclusion but rather allowed it to slide by. "Alright Xavier. It's time to go." She moved over to him and she didn't attempt to stop him when his arm went out to her.
In a breath's time she found herself in a familiar room. One that she had been in months ago. She glanced around then up to Xavier who was still hovering above her.
"What..?" she finally asked.
"Are you sure, Kathryn."
She blinked those green doll like eyes at him. "Yes. I am sure." Her chin lowered and she looked away.
"I see.."
Like herself, he was fully aware that her Altian blood was dormant due to the age she was in. She had many choices to stop the path that her future was on but what she was going to try to do seemed to be the best path.
"Kathryn?" Xavier's voice pulled her back to the present and she looked up to him.
"Xavier. How do you know so much about the Altian? You are neither Altian nor Reevi, correct?" She had never seen Xavier's face turn a frown that quickly before.
While speaking he slowly trailed across the room to draw the curtains closed. "I know of the Altian from your mother."
She grew stiff when he mentioned her mother. Watching him closely she found she was being drawn in, desiring to know more. That was always the case when it came to knowing things about her mother. "My..mother?"
"When we were invading Unity or rather when your father met your mother, we spent a lot of time together us three. Your mother was a beautiful soul, Kathryn. Kind and generous and when she went into battle it was like nothing I have ever seen. She was like a gilded sword matched by none other."
Her eyes tilted over to him. The wistful way he was looking off into the distance as he recalled his past. Normally his more gentle side was something rarely if ever seen by the eyes of another. She could only remember a handful of times really and they normally revolved around either herself or her mother.
"Your father went back and forth often and I remained behind. I, of course, knew what he was doing. There are times.." Xavier stopped and lowered his eyes to her.
She swallowed as he approached her, reaching out with a gauntlet hand to stroke her cheek softly. The weight of his stare was crushing.
"There were times I wanted to tell her to stop seeing him. To tell her of his plans."
Her eyes rounded wide. "You loved her..?"
"You look a great deal like her." He sighed and lowered his hand away from her face. "I learned a great deal about the Altian but even more, I learned about her. Yes, I was in love with her."
Her hands shot out to her sides. "Then why?! WHY did you allowed Caius to go through with his plans if you knew it would mean her death?!"
"She would of died either way but if I would of told her of the plans she would of died a most horrible death and much sooner."
He looked so sad. She had never seen him look like that..ever. He carried her mother's death on his shoulders and it showed. "Xa-"
He shook his head quickly, causing his long white hair to sway like a long tail behind him. "M`j nkori da corvorjizi."
She blinked and frowned at his words. Words of regret in the ancient tongue. He had learned a lot more then just the race. "I don't think she would of hated you for attempting to keep her safe for as long as you did..." Her words had him staring at her again and the pressure was like none other.
"Do you think she would of forgave me?"
The question was shocking to hear from one such as Xavier. He didn't just love her mother. He really loved her. "That isn't a question I am able to answer, Xavier..."
His smile returned. "I know but what of you? Do you forgive me?"
"Mrmm? You..didn't kill her. You tried to protect her."
"More then you know.." Xavier muttered, hanging on the wait of her judgement.
"It is not my place to judge you, Xavier. I hate Caius. It is his fault she is dead. If anyone should be forgiving you..it's yourself." She moved over to the bed to sit on the edge, a soft sigh given. Her body ached.
Xavier's pulled on his cloak as he quickly turned and headed to the door. Her reply placed a strain on his heart like only one had ever done. "Your honesty is refreshing. I will tell his lordship that you are here. Get some rest while you can."
Before she could respond he was gone, the door closing and leaving her chambers otherwise silent. Sighing she threw herself back into the bed and stared at the dark crystalline ceiling.
Rest..
Rolling onto her side she balled up and stared at the pillows. Yes, she should.
"You watch him any harder and you are going to give him nightmares."
She sighed quietly from her place, leaning into the door's frame of Sergei's room. How long had she been watching him sleep? Considered waking him up and telling him what would happen within the next few days? He already knew what she was. It was amazing how he accepted it, not seeming bothered at all. Almost..comforting.
Still. It was better he didn't know. Along with the rest of them. It was her choice and hers alone. One that that she had been thinking long and hard over for a long, long time.
"Xavier? Are you sure that the seals were only a temporary thing?"
"You knew it was from the beginning that it was meant to only last so long. I am surprised that it lasted as long as it did." Xavier answered from his place in the shadows. He couldn't place it but there was something about her that was different.
She smiled and lowered her chin. "It was done by wonderful and powerful people."
"They must of been people you trusted."
Carefully she closed Sergei's door, leaving the simple note tucked where he could find it. She didn't question Xavier's conclusion but rather allowed it to slide by. "Alright Xavier. It's time to go." She moved over to him and she didn't attempt to stop him when his arm went out to her.
In a breath's time she found herself in a familiar room. One that she had been in months ago. She glanced around then up to Xavier who was still hovering above her.
"What..?" she finally asked.
"Are you sure, Kathryn."
She blinked those green doll like eyes at him. "Yes. I am sure." Her chin lowered and she looked away.
"I see.."
Like herself, he was fully aware that her Altian blood was dormant due to the age she was in. She had many choices to stop the path that her future was on but what she was going to try to do seemed to be the best path.
"Kathryn?" Xavier's voice pulled her back to the present and she looked up to him.
"Xavier. How do you know so much about the Altian? You are neither Altian nor Reevi, correct?" She had never seen Xavier's face turn a frown that quickly before.
While speaking he slowly trailed across the room to draw the curtains closed. "I know of the Altian from your mother."
She grew stiff when he mentioned her mother. Watching him closely she found she was being drawn in, desiring to know more. That was always the case when it came to knowing things about her mother. "My..mother?"
"When we were invading Unity or rather when your father met your mother, we spent a lot of time together us three. Your mother was a beautiful soul, Kathryn. Kind and generous and when she went into battle it was like nothing I have ever seen. She was like a gilded sword matched by none other."
Her eyes tilted over to him. The wistful way he was looking off into the distance as he recalled his past. Normally his more gentle side was something rarely if ever seen by the eyes of another. She could only remember a handful of times really and they normally revolved around either herself or her mother.
"Your father went back and forth often and I remained behind. I, of course, knew what he was doing. There are times.." Xavier stopped and lowered his eyes to her.
She swallowed as he approached her, reaching out with a gauntlet hand to stroke her cheek softly. The weight of his stare was crushing.
"There were times I wanted to tell her to stop seeing him. To tell her of his plans."
Her eyes rounded wide. "You loved her..?"
"You look a great deal like her." He sighed and lowered his hand away from her face. "I learned a great deal about the Altian but even more, I learned about her. Yes, I was in love with her."
Her hands shot out to her sides. "Then why?! WHY did you allowed Caius to go through with his plans if you knew it would mean her death?!"
"She would of died either way but if I would of told her of the plans she would of died a most horrible death and much sooner."
He looked so sad. She had never seen him look like that..ever. He carried her mother's death on his shoulders and it showed. "Xa-"
He shook his head quickly, causing his long white hair to sway like a long tail behind him. "M`j nkori da corvorjizi."
She blinked and frowned at his words. Words of regret in the ancient tongue. He had learned a lot more then just the race. "I don't think she would of hated you for attempting to keep her safe for as long as you did..." Her words had him staring at her again and the pressure was like none other.
"Do you think she would of forgave me?"
The question was shocking to hear from one such as Xavier. He didn't just love her mother. He really loved her. "That isn't a question I am able to answer, Xavier..."
His smile returned. "I know but what of you? Do you forgive me?"
"Mrmm? You..didn't kill her. You tried to protect her."
"More then you know.." Xavier muttered, hanging on the wait of her judgement.
"It is not my place to judge you, Xavier. I hate Caius. It is his fault she is dead. If anyone should be forgiving you..it's yourself." She moved over to the bed to sit on the edge, a soft sigh given. Her body ached.
Xavier's pulled on his cloak as he quickly turned and headed to the door. Her reply placed a strain on his heart like only one had ever done. "Your honesty is refreshing. I will tell his lordship that you are here. Get some rest while you can."
Before she could respond he was gone, the door closing and leaving her chambers otherwise silent. Sighing she threw herself back into the bed and stared at the dark crystalline ceiling.
Rest..
Rolling onto her side she balled up and stared at the pillows. Yes, she should.