Broken Boulder spin for you like your favorite records used to

absolutely the rudest

looking back to before the arrival of his children feels like trying to peer into a shapeless void. how did he make it through so many months untethered? he'd thought that it'd began after tindómë fell apart but no -- he hasn't really been okay since... since mato stepped down. it feels like coming out of a bad dream. he can't say he's okay now, not yet, but he's.. anchored in a way he hasn't been before. at least for now.

alarian's been on the back of his mind, too. he hasn't seemed himself -- or from what delight can tell, anyway -- and del's been meaning to seek him out, to talk to him now that he's feeling more like a person again. to apologise (again). 

so he sets out to find the governor, trailing his scent as it curves by his den to the edge of the territory. this raises alarm bells in delight's head that he chooses to ignore for now, finding alarian silhouetted against the tree line. "hey," the androgyne calls out softly, voice too loud in the quiet morning air, "what's up?"