Qeya River And it all ends with a kiss.

jealous grief curdled chokingly inside sun eater. he had remained silent when the boy came to regard him in quiet obedience, silent when the greycloud had changed his trajectory in attunement with the new river chieftain.

and now he was silent, deathly so; sun eater drew away from the emotional embrace of father and son, staring with such malevolence toward moontide, as if he might blot it from the shoreline with his very thoughts.

son. father. sun eater ran his tongue over the ridges of his teeth and listened, seeming to ignore the pair as they reunited.

as he tied the grey man deeper to the land.