Shadewood stars, hide your fires

he wished to speak, say words, any words, but he was swept up in her eagerness. one blink and she was already leaving, and his throat tightened with the sudden thought that this might be the last he'll see of her.

"watch yourself!" the purple-tinted brother croaked as her great pale form flew out of view.

it felt like a kind of defeat, but no force on heavens or earth could hold his sister in place when her mind set to something. 

he picked the direction he thought closest to east, and flew off.