Keepsakes: Feather from Undel

[shosen]

She twisted the small feather in her hand, long since dried of the moonwell water that had not-quite soaked it when the gift was given.  It had been a random thing, a response to the flower she'd given on Uzil's advice, back when she was still trying to pretend.

"You can use it to do this!" the mostly-troll had said, rising above the ground and just standing on the air like it was nothing.  And it had made her sad then to see it, knowing the truth.

"I don't think I'll even be able to do that anymore," she'd answered.  Her path had taken her in a different direction and she'd felt the weight of her choices.

But times changed, her path had altered, her choices were better, even with the unexpected parts she hadn't been able to predict or control.  She'd grabbed the feather accidentally while rescuing Chibi from the body's pocket.  It was something she'd started carrying when she'd changed her training, like a talisman.  She'd kept it with her, waiting until she could finally use it, and then, waiting until she had the perfect reason to do so.