Another foe

My anger suddenly felt quenched.

I am not sure where this sensation came from or how this woman-thing was able to get this close to me without getting attacked. I could not figure out how she was able to get by my body’s heightened alarm or how she was able to convince even my involuntary reflex that she was no threat....

But at the moment, the important thing is that clarity returned to my mind, and I remembered. I remembered all that I knew all along. I remembered that the earth responds to intent differently.

In battle, and when I have Aeter to spare, it does not matter how forceful I am, the earth always answers my call. But in situations like this, when I need its gentle nurturing rather than its furious wrath, I need be calm, and my intent carrying a pure hearted request.

And this calmness...It’s all thanks to her, isn’t it.

Never before had these runes dimmed this fast, and never before have I felt such clarity.