They are very powerful mind readers, so powerful his own talent seems nerfed.
It's very hard to hide from them.
“I'm not afraid to fear pain.”
A quote from an almost 1200 hundred word sneak peek I wrote of Ilivan's POV.
I'm tempted to post the whole snippet, but it could be considered quite dark.
For Lawcket, his desperation to love, & even be happy, no matter circumstances.
For Rider, his determined belief in freewill & his dangerously selfless love.
- Sadly, physical quietness can't protect him from them.
- non-imposing might be part of why he's welcome where many humans are not.
Still, you can never trust you're alone. Better to always be careful, that's Rider's way of life.
It might make him even more careful that dragons from Skybollon have captured him twice.
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In the wilderness, it's mostly a habit, & that he likes to be careful (except for hunting, then it's necessary) Otherwise, there's not much to avoid notice from, in the wilderness, except magical beings. & physical quietness isn't gonna keep him from being noticed by them, though his being very -
- which is not often, they are kept close to his body, well concealed in a cloth pouch.
He generally has soft footsteps, & doesn't tend to use load voice gestures.
He's the kind of person who might sneak up on you without meaning to.
#AwesomeCharacters
Rider is quiet, his footsteps soft, his voice low. He is very careful to make sure his clothing, & anything he carries in them, don't make noise.
Lawcket is also pretty quiet, but he's less aware of it, & he's sometimes pretty talkative. When he does carry coins, - 1/2
I'd give this a try, but I don't know how to tell the difference between a side character, & a secondary character.
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I suspect I shared this one before. Chapter 1 of the fantasy, Helena wants a vantage on the chapel gargoyles that intrigue her.
By the middle of the novel, she has fallen head over heels in love with one of them.
“I'm not afraid to fear pain.”
A quote from an almost 1200 hundred word sneak peek I wrote of Ilivan's POV.
I'm tempted to post the whole snippet, but it could be considered quite dark.
Apparently I bookmarked a handful of posts that now say they've been deleted by the author.
I don't know if it's a glitch, or of they were actually deleted. I just can't track everything.
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Mitali sees his new house for the first time, and meets the owner of it.
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I can't give you much advice with this, since this seems very different than the weeding I've done, but boy have I spent hours weeding, so I had to put that into Lawcket's story too.😊
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Rider's not most people.
Tbh, nor am I.
Of course, you aren't either. No one is, but my point is some of us can get into states where fear of our death, & even suffering, doesn't fully exist.
I don't really know what it comes from. I've always be strange.
He doesn't see himself as poor, not for that at least. If anything, the dream gave him confidence in himself.
It's Song who has this part worse.💔
I imagine most people would in the places he's put in.
This is one place I have to deal with loads more than he does.
Darn, I want to spare him, but I don't know how much I can.😭
- he may face, bond, beaten, & burned alive.
In Named By Love, Song has a mirror of that dream, where he sees Rider in that place. It may be more than a dream.😭
#AwesomeCharacters
Rider knows the world too closely for there to be much room for imaginations. Yes, I mean that, literally.
That said, he does have 2 very vivid dreams in Bound By Heart, the first being very spiritual.
CW: mention of brutal torture
the 2nd being a very possible death- 1/2
- when/if the story gets published)
There are also some rather funny & harmless pictures his mind forms when he's a small child, so that most really is only a most.
- know what choice he'd make, & could never live with either.
Still, most of the time his imagination isn't super specific. That is only a *most*. 1 of the scenes I find most tragic involves a very specific picture his mind creates (I'm still considering cutting the image - 2/3
#AwesomeCharacters
I was going to say Lawcket's being very practical makes him not very imaginative, but was hesitate because I know he imagines his fears to an extent, & then I remembered that snippet I've shared once or twice where he imagines himself in a position he knows he could never- 1/3
The simple choice to try, no matter where it takes you
The stubbornness to care, no matter how it breaks you
#Poetry
I wish I had advice to offer. I hope you find a way for things to work out okay.
I don't have much of an audience, but I didn't anticipated how relatable people found the MC of my villain redemption story.
I stare up at that one bright star, as I dare not wonder why
Why this world is filled with suffering
The fiercest love can't keep away
That bright spot blurs to streaks
Shining on the moisture in my eyes
Young or old
Joyful or grieving
The same stars gaze down on us
#Poetry
