Ocean's Breath Plateau feathers drenched in sunflower yellow

[table width=55%][tr][td]"yes ... yes, i know that i am repulsive," armand whispered, bearing her no ill will for the turning-away of her face. her whine was a haunting thing, and the boy drew away from her, as not to offend her more with his inability to keep down whatever was in his belly. like an infant calf, his legs buckled, and threw him without dignity to the ground, and from where he lay the boy gave a strangled laugh.
"i want only to die," armand whispered fiercely at the skies above, tears etching themselves backwards along his cheeks. "i want only to see his face again, and speak his name." the boy turned his cheek against the grasses and gazed pleadingly at the sea nymph. "but i cannot do it; i am weak."[/tr][/td][/table]