Ocean's Breath Plateau lonely times when i could not find a friend

tell me about her.

aditya swallowed, tears coming unbidden to his eyes. he hadn't spoken of coelacanth in a long time. pleasure and pain in tandem; bittersweet heartbreak in those memories. and so long ago. . .

she was black as night, he began, her appearance coming easiest. sleek and slim, tall ears, beautiful blue eyes. unlike anything i've ever seen before or since.

though young seelie looked similar—

she was soft, sweet and kind, adi murmured. a single drop escaped the corner of his eye, rolling down his muzzle to rest at the corner of his lips. he could taste the salt there. but fiercely protective of her family. small, but strong.

he looked at arjun, though his gaze was lightyears away. i loved her, he told his son. but she was promised to another, and she would never break that promise. i tried to fight him for her, and i almost lost my life.

aditya wondered whether that was the turning point, then. if he had only held his tongue, kept the fire at bay. . .would he preside over an intact family unit? would his twilight years be not so fractured?