Linnae sat in the whispering
shade of one of the trees she was named for, feeling the grass soft under
her feet and cool in spite of the warmth of the sunny day. She dug her
bare toes in, luxuriating in the sensation, as she watched her older brother
and idol Kedar practice his forms.
She had been content
to watch for some time- nearly an hour. However, her attention now waned,
and she also noticed that a red blotch was spreading across the shoulder
of her brother's white shirt. ''Kedar!'' she called aloud. He did not deviate
in his graceful, trained movements, giving no sign that he had heard her.
She sighed, and opened
her shields. **Kedar!** The word blasted through his thoughts, causing
him to stumble and nearly drop his blade. ''Linn...'' he growled, turning
icy blue eyes to meet her yellow ones. She was the only one capable of
breaking his concentration once he had focused on a task.
Swallowing, she squirmed
under his gaze and presented a contrite face. She hadn't wanted to risk
his irritation, but... ''You shoulder's opened up again,'' she explained
meekly. ''Mother said... and you never feel it...'' He reached a hand up
and touched the wetness at his back, grimacing at the red staining his
fingers. ''You were right, of course.'' He wiped his hand on his shirt
carelessly and walked over to rumple her settled hair with a grin. Though
she growled at him and swatted his hand, secretly she was pleased that
he was not angry. It was not that he was mean, or that he would hurt her;
he was simply her older brother, and she adored him. Which was why she
put up with... ''Come on, Squirt!''
Scrambling to her
feet, she hurriedly shook out her deep red skirts and hitched them up,
running after the disappearing halo of his fine blonde hair, lighter even
than their father's.
((In the other blip with Fallon (Rowan's cousin) and Rowan, it's mentioned that Rowan has yellow eyes and that Fallon's are pale blue. There's a reason Rowan's children have eyes of the same colors. Family trait. Yellow eyes are a sign of inheritance of an active rogue psionic gift-- somewhen waaaay back, a demi-god decided to screw around with Rowan's family's bloodline.))