【战锤40k同人作品翻译】 Ennui 第二十六章:重生 Reborn(12)
“Then do not admonish me for doing the same,” I replied more gently. “Besides, my blindness is not total.”
“What do you mean?” Isarae’s voice was hopeful as she cradled me against her and led me into our quarters. A few stubbed toes on my end, though, prompted her to simply pick me up and carry me.
I wrapped my arms around her neck and shoulders as she hefted me, bridal style, and pulled me close, and I buried my face against her neck and breathed deeply before replying.
“I can… perceive,” I began quietly. “It is not sight, precisely. I can see your soul like it’s a bonfire in the dark, and its light cascades over the world, casting everything else in shadow.”
“Psychic perceptions?” Isarae muttered. “You see the world illuminated by the light of the soul's fire, then?”
“I suppose so,” I shivered at the idea.
It may have been a gift from the God-Emperor, but it sounded too much like psyker witchery for me to be fully comfortable with it. That and the fact that I could not ‘shut my eyes’, for lack of a better term, was making me increasingly uneasy.
“What do you mean?” Isarae’s voice was hopeful as she cradled me against her and led me into our quarters. A few stubbed toes on my end, though, prompted her to simply pick me up and carry me.
I wrapped my arms around her neck and shoulders as she hefted me, bridal style, and pulled me close, and I buried my face against her neck and breathed deeply before replying.
“I can… perceive,” I began quietly. “It is not sight, precisely. I can see your soul like it’s a bonfire in the dark, and its light cascades over the world, casting everything else in shadow.”
“Psychic perceptions?” Isarae muttered. “You see the world illuminated by the light of the soul's fire, then?”
“I suppose so,” I shivered at the idea.
It may have been a gift from the God-Emperor, but it sounded too much like psyker witchery for me to be fully comfortable with it. That and the fact that I could not ‘shut my eyes’, for lack of a better term, was making me increasingly uneasy.