Sina smiles, but a bit uncertainly. Thus far everyone has proven relatively clueless about the shards, whether how to deal with them or how to extract them, and she's too pragmatic to let herself become excited over the possibility for their removal. Even so, it's difficult enough removing anything from a person's chest without killing them, regardless of whether it's magical or not.
"...ma serannas," she says after a pause, angling her head to smile at Ellana again. She and Pel have gone out of their way to do right by Sina, and it's something she won't forget. "I don't know where I'd be now, if Clan Ashara weren't here."
Ellana is an eternal optimist, and so she believes there has to be a way. She's not so naive that she believes the world to be a fair place filled with happy endings for all, but to believe anything less than Sina getting her shard removed and surviving just feels like giving up.
"You would still have Nahariel," Ellana points out. "She would do anything for you."
Sina smiles sheepishly. "Of course," she agrees, "and I would do anything for her. It's just... it's nice to meet other mages who aren't the Keeper. But who still understand."
"It's been really nice for me to meet other mages too," Ellana replies with a smile. For a long time she felt that she wasn't a good enough mage because Keeper Deheune never trained her the same way she did Pel or Sorrel. And that's led to feeling lost and a bit jealous. But here things are starting to change for the better. She has a voice on the mage council and she can contribute her ideas. She can feel like a mage who matters; who has her own path.
"As well as everyone else. I've been getting to meet so many people and learn about so many different places."
"The world is much bigger than I ever imagined," Sina agrees, emptying the crushed herbs into another bowl and beginning to work at a new dose with her mortar and pestle. "...sometimes that's a good thing and sometimes it isn't." She laughs a little, uncertainly.
"It can feel overwhelming at times," Ellana admits slowly. "So many voices; there's always chatter here. And always something going on. But even here there are places to slip away to where you can find some peace and quiet. A little of that works for me and then I can go back into the noise."
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"...ma serannas," she says after a pause, angling her head to smile at Ellana again. She and Pel have gone out of their way to do right by Sina, and it's something she won't forget. "I don't know where I'd be now, if Clan Ashara weren't here."
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"You would still have Nahariel," Ellana points out. "She would do anything for you."
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"As well as everyone else. I've been getting to meet so many people and learn about so many different places."
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