[centre][b][h1][color=00a651]Michael[/color][/h1]

The teachers words shocked Michael, and he looked down at Syleste, burying herself against him, and he was sure he was blushing hotter then the sun, unable to keep the worried and, well, slightly scared expression off his face. If Syleste joined the hunters...What hope did he have? And maybe that was selfish off him...He knew that the hunters might seem like an attractive open for Syleste-invincibility, not likely to die, and freedom from the blindness that everyone else saw as a weakness, maybe even Syleste herself. If she joined the hunters...Michael didn't know what he would. 

Without thinking about it, Michael wrapped his arms around her, not wanting to be confining, but rather wanting to be comforting, to...maybe let Syleste know, in some way or form...that he liked her. As his sister watched the retreating form of the huntress, focused intently on the retreating figure, Michael gathered his courage-if he didn't say something, didn't do anything, Syleste might take the huntress up on the offer, and then...he'd lose whatever chance he had. [color=00a651]"Syl...s-since C-connor is not g-going to b-be here...I w-was thinking that...m-maybe you'd l-like to...g-g-go outside the c-c-c-camp?there's s-s-some...inventions I c-c-could make...that m-m-might make it easier f-for y-you...We c-could probably c-convince C-chiron...and w-we'd probably have to t-take a Satyr...b-b-but...if it c-c-could be d-d-done...would you like t-to?"[/color]

Why did he have to stutter so? He knew it made things difficult, and it frustrated him. He swallowed nervously, thinking that he was just being foolish. It would be very very hard to convince Chiron, not to mention Mr D to let any of them out the camp...but maybe just the offer would let Syleste know that he was willing to try, and that he thought it was wrong how she was treated just because of her blindness. And that he wanted to show her the world, and show her the beuty of the world, even if she could see the sights.