Done it again, despite the silent promise to never stray from mother's side. Drifted for far too long with the wind as if it might lead her to where her brothers lived now. Yet each cold night, each whispered wind, simply brought her closer to their fate and not their presence that she yearned for.
She stood where the misfortune spread like a plague. Hazy memories of being tucked so kindly under her ena and against the weight of Anansi while they hunted like hounds for the scent of a rogue Melonii. They had found that scent here. Followed it home to discover his arrival beat their own. Dear Sobek with his adventurous ways.
Was that how he haunted her now? Cursed her with wayward paws? Left to roam the earth in her restless livelihood.
And what Anansi had left her was far simpler to live with. Silence. Left her to be more reserved with her speech, thoughtful with who she entrusted with her words.
Yet she would hold tightly onto both. Clutch both traits firmly, refuse to release them for fear she might forget them if she did. So she moved as a ruby tarnish across the snowy lands with a deathly silence in the first morning light.
She stood where the misfortune spread like a plague. Hazy memories of being tucked so kindly under her ena and against the weight of Anansi while they hunted like hounds for the scent of a rogue Melonii. They had found that scent here. Followed it home to discover his arrival beat their own. Dear Sobek with his adventurous ways.
Was that how he haunted her now? Cursed her with wayward paws? Left to roam the earth in her restless livelihood.
And what Anansi had left her was far simpler to live with. Silence. Left her to be more reserved with her speech, thoughtful with who she entrusted with her words.
Yet she would hold tightly onto both. Clutch both traits firmly, refuse to release them for fear she might forget them if she did. So she moved as a ruby tarnish across the snowy lands with a deathly silence in the first morning light.
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