Haunted Wood you bought a star in the sky tonight

she continues on, paws aimless with their wanderings but always slightly hopeful that they'd come across a break in the thick forest. in turn, they were always disappointed. he speaks and the words, though she supposes predictable, hit hard. a light wince as ears lean back; chest constricting uncomfortably so that it grows difficult to breathe. she halts. 

paws press hard into the springy moss as eyes harden in order to avoid crumbling and letting loose a threatening wave. something about this man unnerved her even if it remained carefully concealed with any other lingering doubts towards the forest but it left her with a stronger determination to not let him see her wither and weep at the motion of his tongue. a sweep of her long feathery tail as she exhales in strained tones. "they...all died" brows furrow as she looks to him, the agonizing supressing of such pained emotions giving away to a building pressure in the form of...anger? "a landslide, buried them all" more sharply chipped now, the idea that she'd felt any optimism with the birth of this sun only not too long ago suddenly felt utterly foreign and wrong as resentment settles in the gut of her stomach, sending forth icy tendrils until it formed a chilled pool.

why must she be strong for them if they were as dead as the prey they fed on, the sibling zephyr stole the life from; who cared if papa would be strong in the face of it if she WAS NOT HIM. jaw grit as she glares off to the side, heart rate increasing with the surprise attack of such enraged adrenaline. she was sick of crying, trying to look for stupid bright sides; the truth was it sucked like hell and it shouldn't have happened and the world she marvelled at so much was in reality just cruel and unjust in all its actions. when it came down to it, everything sucked.