❰ she's been informed on more than one occasion of the irony in the goddess of art being so terribly straightforward. to skadi, it's as if she maintains a blank canvas until struck with the inspiration to do otherwise.
but she's not the one with intent to create today. this wanderer has come here hoping that she'll extract music from inside his mind, a request that only highlights another difference between the mortals and the gods (if a song were in her head, she'd hardly need to extract it to listen again - she'd be able to hear it simply by thinking it).
he offers a box, and she accepts it. she doesn't open it yet, but her fingertips alight on top of it in thoughtless gesture that it hasn't been forgotten as she turns to lead the way off down the temple's path. ❱
Have you been thinking of your songs? ❰ it sounds like smalltalk, but it's very much not. ❱ I'll admit, I don't entirely grasp the limitations of the minds of mortals. I only know that if your recollection isn't crisp, then neither shall be the copy.
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but she's not the one with intent to create today. this wanderer has come here hoping that she'll extract music from inside his mind, a request that only highlights another difference between the mortals and the gods (if a song were in her head, she'd hardly need to extract it to listen again - she'd be able to hear it simply by thinking it).
he offers a box, and she accepts it. she doesn't open it yet, but her fingertips alight on top of it in thoughtless gesture that it hasn't been forgotten as she turns to lead the way off down the temple's path. ❱
Have you been thinking of your songs? ❰ it sounds like smalltalk, but it's very much not. ❱ I'll admit, I don't entirely grasp the limitations of the minds of mortals. I only know that if your recollection isn't crisp, then neither shall be the copy.