<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=46369.msg2340743#msg2340743">Quote from: Faeylin on 14-10-2009, 23:36:37</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div class="floatleft">(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/3985/lilianmontague.jpg)</div><strong>Lillian Montague</strong>, Atop Winter's Bliss [Sylria &amp; Lillian]<br/><br/>The horse moved quickly for some time, and even Ashley with her heated running, did not catch up with Lillian's exquisite mare; poor Bella had been left clear behind. Sylria spoke to her, but the Montague girl did not immediately respond. Instead, she ignored Sylria for a moment, until there was a branch off of the road. Lillian took the path, and the pair passed into the shelter of woodland trees and forest. Though the day outside had been mildly gloomy, in the forest every bit of sunlight was precious and to be revered. Light streamed down between branches, slivers of it casting shadows on the leafy ground beneath the mare's hooves.<br/><br/>"Sorry about that," said Lillian, bringing Winter's Bliss to a slow canter, and then to a gentle walk. "I actually had plans to steal you away today, and we had to leave the rest of them behind in order for me to do so." She smiled, and though Sylria could not see her face, it was likely that she could feel the smile anyway, in Lily's mood. "The forest? Does it, set you more at ease? I've read that elves like the forests."<br/><br/>She turned, and looked over her shoulder, at Sylria. The other woman's hands were still clasped around her body, even though the horse was no longer running at a dangerous pace. "Would you like to tell me about your book?" she asked, as if to show she had indeed been listening earlier.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><strong>Sylria</strong>, Atop Winter's Bliss [Sylria & Lillian]<br/><br/>I hold on tightly, afraid of falling off at this speed.  What was this girl doing?  It wasn't like we were being chased by soldiers, or anything like that!  But at long last Lillian slowed the horse, and I breathed a sigh of relief at the lack of jarring motion.  With the horse at a walk, I could actually be certain of holding on.  The forest was beautiful around us, but something in it, like everything else since I woke up, felt somehow...wrong.  Different.  I listen to Lillian and can feel her smile, and then look around us.<br/><br/>"Yes, I am more at ease in the woods.  It puts me more in touch with nature, even if this place feels different.  Almost...alien, I suppose.  But that is probably mostly because<em>I</em>am alien.  Without a past, and likely without a future." I tell her, my voice relaxing a little for the first time in a while, gazing around me. "But my book?  It depends on if you mean<em>my</em>book, or the book I found in your library before I fell asleep in my chair.  The one from your library was...odd.  It had some letters drawn in the dust on its spine, and then, while I was speaking with Ashley, the letters began to bleed."