January 15, 2024, 08:17 PM
The panther bowed his head to receive her touch, allowing the currents between them free reign in ways he would not have, had he not feared this was the last they would see of one another. They'd had so very little time together. Dutch half wished he hadn't gone with Chakliux on the long hunt — but he knew that this was not something he could trade away even in wishes. Things had happened the way they were meant to.
Somehow, it was this thought that made his eyes sting.
"I will look for you on the horizon," he replied, and then she asked if he would wait, and Dutch was quiet. He wasn't sure he understood what she was asking of him, and he was just as uncertain he wanted clarification. When he answered, he tried to speak true either way.
"We may leave the glacier," he admitted to her. "I don't know yet. But I will come to this place every equinox. I will sing for you. I will do this 'til the day I hear you sing back."
Somehow, it was this thought that made his eyes sting.
"I will look for you on the horizon," he replied, and then she asked if he would wait, and Dutch was quiet. He wasn't sure he understood what she was asking of him, and he was just as uncertain he wanted clarification. When he answered, he tried to speak true either way.
"We may leave the glacier," he admitted to her. "I don't know yet. But I will come to this place every equinox. I will sing for you. I will do this 'til the day I hear you sing back."
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wind my way out of the city - by Tulugak - January 15, 2024, 05:25 PM
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