Lumeria: The Waking World (Short Story Collection)
Baileydoxeyva for Laura Maltese
Laura is an elemental, and should NOT have a physical body. She has been hated and praised for being able to survive a transition from human, to elemental, to knight - she is tormented by the idea of people hating her for it. She insults all elementals - mainly as a way to make herself feel better.
(Confident) "It's nice gear isn't it? Good hands too. Perfect for magic, oh, and touching things and people. Though, I suppose by now you've probably forgotten what that feels like?
(shaken) "There it is, right there. You hate me right now, don't you. All because I still have skin. You despise me. Well, I didn't choose to become this so soon, if I had it my way, I would have suffered like everyone else, but I was deprived of it."
(Condescending) You did swear an an oath to what's left of my guild. I would have mocked you before when it came to having to protect me. But without any magic... I guess it's necessary.
