[But... she guesses she'll explain. There's no point hiding it when he can see what's growing in her.]
A healer is... someone who steals life from others. They can pull the life from anything around them just by touching it. And they can put it back, but... they're all selfish, and they store up as much as they can in themselves so they can stay youthful and pretty. Like sirens. If my daughter- can pull the life from me like that, that means- that she's got that sort of power.
[There's an unhealthy level of disgust in her voice... she may have never met a healer, but they're the stuff of horror stories in Thornwell. The thought that she had somehow messed up enough to spontaneously create one... well, that just makes her feel like an absolute failure.]
no subject
I don't want to.
[But... she guesses she'll explain. There's no point hiding it when he can see what's growing in her.]
A healer is... someone who steals life from others. They can pull the life from anything around them just by touching it. And they can put it back, but... they're all selfish, and they store up as much as they can in themselves so they can stay youthful and pretty. Like sirens. If my daughter- can pull the life from me like that, that means- that she's got that sort of power.
[There's an unhealthy level of disgust in her voice... she may have never met a healer, but they're the stuff of horror stories in Thornwell. The thought that she had somehow messed up enough to spontaneously create one... well, that just makes her feel like an absolute failure.]