Chimera Fields My mother told me

Galen welcomed the newly gentle atmosphere between them - finding it better suited than the way harsh looks made the stranger's pretty eyes too harsh to meet. It was a shame, to have to turn away from them long. Maybe it was a sign he had better stay on her good side.

It sounds lovely, He spoke with a reverence, as though it was something he hadn't heard before. You're.. faithful?

He stumbled then, ears flat against his head and an abashed look on his face. Religiously. Right? You sound wiser beyond my years and yet you look..

He paused, eyes cast down to the ground again, tail sweeping through leaf litter as he sat, drawing his frame close again, as though afraid to take up too much room. He hesitated, lips pulled in a thoughtful frown. To think the gods would have ordained a path for me. I've always struggled with it. Is my life not my choice?