March 03, 2023, 09:37 PM
Antigone!
Navy eyes blinked slowly from the surface of the spring. Only pointed red ears and his seafloor gaze could be seen. The rest of the boy’s figure was submerged and soaking. The cold of late winter scratched at his dampened flesh. Like a crocodile, he sunk himself beneath the water and held his breath fast in his lungs. The light from the world above had vanished and he saw only the murk of the spring.
When Antigone emerged, he did so at his own pace. There was no reason to hurry. There was no reason to race to his mother’s angry cries. After hearing what the mutilated man had said, the red-hooded boy understood that his father was weak. Arsenio could not be trusted to protect their home. What a pity, too. All that bravado…
The boy prowled toward his mother’s den. In the last stretch, he saw the fury on her face.
Navy eyes blinked slowly from the surface of the spring. Only pointed red ears and his seafloor gaze could be seen. The rest of the boy’s figure was submerged and soaking. The cold of late winter scratched at his dampened flesh. Like a crocodile, he sunk himself beneath the water and held his breath fast in his lungs. The light from the world above had vanished and he saw only the murk of the spring.
When Antigone emerged, he did so at his own pace. There was no reason to hurry. There was no reason to race to his mother’s angry cries. After hearing what the mutilated man had said, the red-hooded boy understood that his father was weak. Arsenio could not be trusted to protect their home. What a pity, too. All that bravado…
The boy prowled toward his mother’s den. In the last stretch, he saw the fury on her face.
Yes, mother?he asked softly.
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RE: Yioí - by Antigone - March 03, 2023, 09:37 PM