Rosewater Oasis Insomniac

you survived because you survived

A sentiment almost forgotten in the wake of his aid in the desert; near forgotten as he traded flooding caverns and desolate wastes for serene, peaceful oasis; for salvation.

A pretty word, but illusionary. He survived because he dragged himself here. In the absence of mother's arms, Nokht held himself.

Intensity stoked the flame present in his mis-matched gaze as he takes her words to heart. He looks to his paws, fidgeting idly in the sand. ..I want to be stronger. He mumbles, tail resting over his leg, covering the angle which kept him shackled to slower paces, to pain.

The hound's greatest robbery.

He needed to be strong enough to kill him, someday. One eye next.

An irony, really. To be spared the sight of what happened that day, but resigned to a lifetime watching the shadows.