[ he should have known that's what pike wanted to talk about, but the question still catches him a bit off-guard. which is easy enough to tell, with how he kind of blinks at her and then sits back again, like he has to think about it. ]
I don't...know. [ which is the most honest answer he could give. ] Most of the time I pray I don't really...expect an answer? So if there's something happening with the connection, it hasn't stuck out.
[ part of him...almost feels guilty. like it's just another obvious tell how out of his depth he is with this. he accepted his place at the mother of ravens' champion, there's no question about that, but when he talks to pike, watches pike and her relationship with sarenrae, he realizes just how. not. he is at all of this. ]
My magic still works, and that's from her, so I don't think we're completely cut off? [ a pause, and then vax sighs. ] I'm sorry, Pike.
...oh. [She's always felt the warmth of the Everlight when she prayed, so when he mentioned he never expected an answer from the Raven Queen, it threw her.
It's alright, though. Everyone has different relationships with the gods, and it also depends on the god. Not everyone was as... welcoming as Sarenrae.]
Mine does too, but I just thought it was kinda weird, you know? [She gives him a smile.] There's no need to be sorry! We're in a weird place. There's bound to be hiccups.
[ there's only so much presence of death that vax can handle, and considering his ever-present tendency to feel it around him always before the agreement with the frost queen, he hasn't noticed more or less of it since. ]
Sorry. [ he realizes he's just repeating himself now, but it's true. ] She does...or did talk to me, if I really needed her to. But I haven't really tried? Recently. [ a pause, and then... ] Have you not been able to talk to her? Saranrae, I mean.
[ because that could potentially be....really bad. ]
[She shakes her head.] I haven't been able to get anything or even a feeling from her since we've arrived.
[She looks down, biting at her lip. Her magic is still in tact and her holy symbol is still whole, so she knows that she's still in Sarenrae's good graces, but she can't help but think that something's... wrong.]
[ he reaches out, setting a hand on her back. he knows this is a lot more important to her than what he's been dealing with, and he feels bad for not being able to figure it out for her. or even, at least, help. ]
Maybe it's something that just takes a little time, you know? We are kind of...far from home. Maybe Sarenrae just needs a bit to get through?
Maybe. [She trusts him, like she trusts all of their friends, but there was something about god talk between the both of them that made her feel at ease.]
No, you're right. We're just far from home. I don't even know if we're on the same plane or not!
[ if nothing else, they at least had this? even if their relationships are a bit different. vax has been working on building something closer to pike, and her connection to sarenrae. he's just...not quite there yet. ]
I'd say we're probably on a different plane. The idea that all of this could be existing on the same plane of existence is....a lot to think about. [ but then he smiles, and pushes his shoulder against her's. ] Not that it'll stop Sarenrae or anything.
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Date: 2017-10-14 02:54 pm (UTC)I don't...know. [ which is the most honest answer he could give. ] Most of the time I pray I don't really...expect an answer? So if there's something happening with the connection, it hasn't stuck out.
[ part of him...almost feels guilty. like it's just another obvious tell how out of his depth he is with this. he accepted his place at the mother of ravens' champion, there's no question about that, but when he talks to pike, watches pike and her relationship with sarenrae, he realizes just how. not. he is at all of this. ]
My magic still works, and that's from her, so I don't think we're completely cut off? [ a pause, and then vax sighs. ] I'm sorry, Pike.
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Date: 2017-10-15 04:54 am (UTC)It's alright, though. Everyone has different relationships with the gods, and it also depends on the god. Not everyone was as... welcoming as Sarenrae.]
Mine does too, but I just thought it was kinda weird, you know? [She gives him a smile.] There's no need to be sorry! We're in a weird place. There's bound to be hiccups.
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Date: 2017-10-29 02:03 am (UTC)Sorry. [ he realizes he's just repeating himself now, but it's true. ] She does...or did talk to me, if I really needed her to. But I haven't really tried? Recently. [ a pause, and then... ] Have you not been able to talk to her? Saranrae, I mean.
[ because that could potentially be....really bad. ]
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Date: 2017-10-29 02:36 am (UTC)[She looks down, biting at her lip. Her magic is still in tact and her holy symbol is still whole, so she knows that she's still in Sarenrae's good graces, but she can't help but think that something's... wrong.]
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Date: 2017-10-30 05:08 pm (UTC)[ he reaches out, setting a hand on her back. he knows this is a lot more important to her than what he's been dealing with, and he feels bad for not being able to figure it out for her. or even, at least, help. ]
Maybe it's something that just takes a little time, you know? We are kind of...far from home. Maybe Sarenrae just needs a bit to get through?
[ he doesn't even know if that helps. ]
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Date: 2017-11-01 02:56 am (UTC)No, you're right. We're just far from home. I don't even know if we're on the same plane or not!
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Date: 2017-11-13 05:27 pm (UTC)I'd say we're probably on a different plane. The idea that all of this could be existing on the same plane of existence is....a lot to think about. [ but then he smiles, and pushes his shoulder against her's. ] Not that it'll stop Sarenrae or anything.