Moonspear fireflies downright

There were upheavals all around.

Though he squabbled with Mira quite a bit, her absence was a troubling thing. A darkness that cast shadows all around, diminishing his world a little bit. He missed his sister, point blank. His mother had been snappish, on edge and distracted. His father was of a similar demeanor, though it paled in contrast to the former.

He wandered restlessly and aimless; everyone was busy searching and though he did have a minder or two, they didn’t seem to mind if he went for a stroll. He had been insistent that he wasn’t going to go near the borders and had been left alone for the most part… until he spotted someone.

He recognized her, though he couldn’t have claimed to know her.

“Are you going with Osiris too?” he found himself asking, searching for a distraction without entirely realizing that was what he was doing. But he had seen her with Atlas before, and Atlas was going with Osiris, so maybe she was too.