Stone Circle constellations forming skin over fragile bone

sure! i'll conclude & archive with my post. :-)

Addie, she corrects him. “Addie.” He repeats in confirmation, acknowledging that it is what she wants to be called now. She has been Noma to him since the day he met her but the shedding of the name that he gave to her is like breaking free of her chains. Perhaps it is the first step towards forgiveness for what he has done to her, or perhaps he can never be forgiven. Regardless, she is still with him and has yet to bolt in the opposite direction and he takes that to be a good sign. A sign that perhaps it’s not totally irreparable. He is not sure where they are going yet, either, or what the unknown path holds for them but there is a buoyancy to leaving Easthollow; to the knowledge that they will either find a place where they do not have to hide who they are ( because in a way it has been a masquerade for the both of them ) or they will make their own and it is utterly liberating to the northerner.