[en!fic] Arcane – Ximena Talis – PG | What will you accept?

[malurette]

Title: What will you accept?
Author: malurette
Fandom: Arcane
Character: Ximena Talis (& Jayce)
Rating: PG / K+
Disclaimer: Riot Games & Fortiche studio

Prompt: Day 13 – "Spirituality or the Supernatural" for halfamoon
Word count: 100

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Ximena Talis knows what magic can do. Magic saved her life—though not her fingers. She doesn’t remember it the way Jayce does—she was too far gone already. Blue light, weightlessness, warmth—at the time she thought she was dying and fear for her son overwhelmed her mind.
It’s not that she doesn’t believe in her son—what kind of mother..?—but…
…she believes in science and hard work first and foremost. Jayce does both but if he can’t stick to it she would rather he just kept collecting pretty rocks as a hobby (and metallurgy as a job?)

Comments

[facethestrange]

"Blue light, weightlessness, warmth—at the time she thought she was dying and fear for her son overwhelmed her mind."
Oh, I love this POV! It makes SO MUCH sense to completely and genuinely misinterpret what is happening in this situation - you don't even have to actively disbelieve anything if you never actually experienced it in the first place.

[malurette]

Thank you! Poor Ximena catches so much flak for "not believing Jayce (and pleading insanity on his behalf)" but I'm easily inclined to cut her some slack.

[cmk418]

Well done!

[malurette]

Thank you!