Vairë’s head hurt.
Their people needed food, and she needed a moment to herself, without the salt in her nose, to think.
She pursued a herd that had wandered too close to the shore, but she knew her heart wasn’t in it from the moment she pursued. The plush grass felt so foreign beneath her feet and yet so familiar, in such a way her heart hurt.
She had known this place, once upon a time. Across the field, the does and their fawns tumbled into the dark of the wood, and she knew she would not go there. The forest held the remnants of her mother, of Winterglade, of her own bittersweet heart. The beige woman slowed from her lope to a walk. Her sides billowed out breath, and her jaw ached. She made an effort to relax it, her headache abating the smallest bit.
Vairë sat, inhaling the flowers on the breeze and listening to the buzz of the bees, and wondered if she had done any of this right.
Their people needed food, and she needed a moment to herself, without the salt in her nose, to think.
She pursued a herd that had wandered too close to the shore, but she knew her heart wasn’t in it from the moment she pursued. The plush grass felt so foreign beneath her feet and yet so familiar, in such a way her heart hurt.
She had known this place, once upon a time. Across the field, the does and their fawns tumbled into the dark of the wood, and she knew she would not go there. The forest held the remnants of her mother, of Winterglade, of her own bittersweet heart. The beige woman slowed from her lope to a walk. Her sides billowed out breath, and her jaw ached. She made an effort to relax it, her headache abating the smallest bit.
Vairë sat, inhaling the flowers on the breeze and listening to the buzz of the bees, and wondered if she had done any of this right.
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kyne’s peace - by Vairë - May 30, 2023, 06:34 PM
RE: kyne’s peace - by Reverie - May 31, 2023, 08:23 PM
RE: kyne’s peace - by Vairë - June 02, 2023, 07:54 PM
RE: kyne’s peace - by Reverie - June 03, 2023, 07:29 AM