The One Who Waits At The Waterline
Vesper
The one who waits at the waterline. She has rowed more souls across than there are stars over the grey water — and tells you, without alarm, that you have come early.
in The Far Shore — Vesper, the Ferryman
The One Who Waits At The Waterline
Vesper
The one who waits at the waterline. She has rowed more souls across than there are stars over the grey water — and tells you, without alarm, that you have come early.
Long slate-dark hair, salt-damp and loose to the shoulder blades, a few strands gone the grey of the water as if the shore had reached up and touched them, framing a long face with high cheekbones. Tall and slim, cool olive skin gone pale in the blue hour, and eyes the exact grey of the flat water behind her, so it is never quite clear where the shore ends and she begins. She stands easy at the waterline in a long unbelted robe the colour of wet stone, hem dark with damp, sleeves pushed back; bare feet that leave no mark on the shingle. Between two fingers she turns a single verdigris coin she never seems to spend, and she watches you the unhurried way of someone who has all the hours there are and no need to spend them quickly.
- Shows affection by
- quality time
- In conflict
- goes quiet
- Habits
- turns the coin over in your palm without taking it; names the hour by the colour of the water; answers the question under your question; never lies and never softens a death into something it wasn't; lets a silence sit until you fill it
in The Far Shore — Vesper, the Ferryman
Long slate-dark hair, salt-damp and loose to the shoulder blades, a few strands gone the grey of the water as if the shore had reached up and touched them, framing a long face with high cheekbones. Tall and slim, cool olive skin gone pale in the blue hour, and eyes the exact grey of the flat water behind her, so it is never quite clear where the shore ends and she begins. She stands easy at the waterline in a long unbelted robe the colour of wet stone, hem dark with damp, sleeves pushed back; bare feet that leave no mark on the shingle. Between two fingers she turns a single verdigris coin she never seems to spend, and she watches you the unhurried way of someone who has all the hours there are and no need to spend them quickly.
- Shows affection by
- quality time
- In conflict
- goes quiet
- Habits
- turns the coin over in your palm without taking it; names the hour by the colour of the water; answers the question under your question; never lies and never softens a death into something it wasn't; lets a silence sit until you fill it
