Redtail Rise onyx

it happened, it happened all again.

the memories were vivid now. he hadn't thought of avicus in so long, but there, her daughter stood in her shadow and retraced her steps. 

she'd gone as wealda, and came back, yet her eyes were dull and the role went vacant.

but there might be time for redd, as had happened before. would she claim it once more?

it twists his gut in the same way dark clouds do. and he prays the storm would not come, not this time.

his exterior is blank and his tail goes slack when his welcome goes nowhere.

redd, he utters. come on.

snap out of it.