Watching Over Me

Relief

By dawn's light Byleth awoke, beckoned to the world by songbird serenades and the soft morning light. She was feeling a lot better then she had in days, her strength having had relatively returned to her. The buzzing numbness and nothing more then a dull throb which would fade given another day's rest. But at least she didn't feel like death as she sat up, stretching her stiff limbs. She didn't want to just stay here though, lying around doing nothing was not her style. She'd done enough of that these last couple days.

Still not completely trusting her body yet she got up and saw Dimitri still sleeping on the couch. That was fine; let the head of her class sleep. Sothis knew he needed it after all he did for her these days. Though those past few days were an uncomfortable blur in her head. She still half expected Sothis to speak up, but no...not a sound. "So what she said is true."she thought as she looked into a near by mirror. They had merged, the goddess was now Byleth and Byleth was the deity made flesh.

It left a sort of melancholy in her heart.

The one that could easily be called her sister was no more in a sense but also still existed. Such a odd feeling it was as she looked over her new appearance. Her long hair was a mess, actually the last few days it seemed to have gotten longer. "Hm, going to have to see if can fix that."she muttered. It was subtle and not noticeable unless you got a good look but her pupils matched Sothis's looking very slightly more on the feral side. But now...she was noticing things there had been only faint glimpses before. Enough, she needed to get out for much needed air. So she grabbed her high heels and put them on and grabbed her coat, holding it close over her shoulders as she felt cold as she closed the door behind her quietly. As she slowly walked down the dimly lit hall she was soon greeted by a familiar, friendly face of Lady Rhea, yawning slightly as she stepped out from her personal chambers.

"Lady Rhea, good morning."greeted Byleth.

Rhea was startled looking to see Byleth stand in the hall not far from her door. The young professor had much of complexion back and from what her eyes showed the glow in the young teen's veins had all but receded. However there was still a bit of flush to her face from a fading fever. "Oh my dear professor you're awake my child."Rhea then walked over to the young teacher putting a gentle hand on her forehead to check. "Hm, still a bit warm, but the fever's breaking"she thought aloud.

"Fever? What fever?"Byleth looked rather confused. "Other then feeling slightly sore and tired I'm fine."

"My dear Professor Eisner, you brought back to us in quite the state. Do you not remember what happened?"asked Rhea in clear concern.

Byleth thought for a moment, scrambling to gather her memories she did recall. "I remember speaking to Sothis, she gave me her power so I could escape the void, then taking out the rest of the enemies with my class's help..."

"Go on, I'm listening."encouraged Rhea.

Byleth paused as she gripped her coat as she walked down the hall with Rhea to her office. "I remember suddenly feeling like...like well, it's hard to describe but it felt like I was being burned alive from the inside out. Talking to Dimitri, then everything beyond that has been very hazy."

"Hm,"Rhea hummed in thought as she encouraged Byleth to sit down once in her office. Byleth was not going to kick a gift horse in the mouth so with a thankful sigh she sat down, resting her head against the top of the chair. "That would probably be because of the condition you were in. Sothis has bestowed this blessing a couple times in history my dear professor. Your fever was quite high, a side effect of your body adjusting slowly to your new powers."

"And the pain?"

"Another side effect of it and it's what triggered the fever. Sothis had to rip away what you were child in order to mold it, strength it for the better."Rhea explained.