Coming (fiction of the apocalypse)
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faeapocliveBegin: The Psychic Wakes
Previously: Awakening
Aury cradled the girl carefully. Physical contact was discouraged, but not forbidden - it tended to mute the effects of the psychic’s visions, which were, after all, the source of her value to the Council.
Right now, the girl’s well-being and safety were more important than her visions - at least to Aury and Peri, and they were the ones who got to make the day-to-day decisions. They cuddled her, and petted her back, and whispered to her.
“We’ll keep you safe,” Aury assured her.
“We’ll be here for you,” Peri echoed.
“Nothing’s going to get to you. Not here.”
“They’re coming,” she whispered.
Next: Information and Survival
Previously: Awakening
Aury cradled the girl carefully. Physical contact was discouraged, but not forbidden - it tended to mute the effects of the psychic’s visions, which were, after all, the source of her value to the Council.
Right now, the girl’s well-being and safety were more important than her visions - at least to Aury and Peri, and they were the ones who got to make the day-to-day decisions. They cuddled her, and petted her back, and whispered to her.
“We’ll keep you safe,” Aury assured her.
“We’ll be here for you,” Peri echoed.
“Nothing’s going to get to you. Not here.”
“They’re coming,” she whispered.
Next: Information and Survival
