Posted by renata on August 30, 2008, 1:02 am, in reply to "for Renata." but maybe you touch one life
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tell me what really matters, is it the money and the fame,
or how many people might eventually know your name?
Renata has come here to change. She got sick and tired of one too many people commenting on her lack of anything, of how she was nothing more than a pretty trinket - nice to look at, but good for nothing else. She got tired of being told that she would never make friends who weren't provided, or how she'd never make anything but a trophy wife; she'd never find a lover who truly loved her. Granted, her parents treated her well - her parents adored her - but it was the outside voices that pissed her off and sent her stalking for the hills, determined to change her life and make them eat their words.
That there is no one here to see her do so matters little, so long as she does it. They'll hear of it one day.
She has come here to learn, to grow and rise above everything she's ever believed of herself. She's come because the world will not end and find her wanting, because she will make herself into what she wants to be, not what others want her to be. The time has finally come for her to do as she wishes, and nothing else.
Aelina joins her, and with a careful study, she sees what the Soliran sees - a fellow wanderer, light-hearted and gentle, and Renata smiles, exchanging Aelina's greeting without hesitation; finally, she thinks - someone who does not mind a casual touch! "Hello, Aelina. I am Renata - are you from Ni'Srilan too?"
Then, she processes the mare's other words, and her eyes - green as the leaves on the spring trees, as the depths of a great mountain lake - brighten.
"You're my teacher?" she repeats, and beams. "Well! What would you teach?" she asks: "I have a question, though, first; what do I need to do to earn an element, like Hypatia?"
Well, no one will ever say she beats around the bush.
and the world becomes a better place to be.
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