Hideaway Strath Synapses Snap Back in Blissful Anguish

Her eyes remained on him for a moment longer, she understood. The silent breaks between his words spoke more than the sentences formed afterwards. The loss of one who was loved. Her head shifted downwards for just a moment, a somber feeling overtaking. The wolf hoped that he felt her remorse. They were not all that different, though from completely different worlds. They shared a similar pain.

A man who lost his heart and girl who lost her home. Perhaps fate had brought them to meet.

His sudden switch of interest caused her to pause, thinking of a tale to tell. Something came to mind after a moment. A story to share. 

"When I was born, I had a sister. One who looked just like me, just without flaw." She gestured towards her dangling ear, chuckling. "Her one problem was her weak nature. A meek soul, that one. When we gained our vision and hearing, my mother prayed that I would gain the ability to hear sound from both ears. It never happened, though. So to her I was abnormal. A defect. For that reason, even though I was healthy otherwise — she favored my sickly sister over me." An unexpected bitterness filled her mouth as she continued on. Perhaps it was sourced from the built-up anger she had been pushing down. 

"So instead of clinging to my mother, I always chased after my brothers instead. Constantly begging for their attention." Just the thought was enough to cause a smile to cross her face. "Be it of pity, or kindness .. one day, they told me to join them on a walk. They took me far away, about an hours worth of traveling. Something our mother would lose her mind about once we were found out. A valley with a river running through it waited for us upon our arrival. We ran, and wrestled and played for what seemed like an entirety in that clearing. It was the most freedom I’d ever felt. It was beautiful." She took a shaky breath in. Why couldn’t they stay frozen in time there? It seemed so very unfair.

"Anyhow, eventually we returned home, bickering on who would take the blame the entire way back. A childish argument. .. That was the happiest moment of my life. A moment where I was myself completely. Without watchful or judgmental eyes."