The broad wings of death crossed over the slumbering body where it had collided with the wall of the ravine, and stayed nearby until that body roused again to life.
For a long time Sulukinak lay there, defeated. The shadow crossed her more frequently during this time, as if to study her, to taste whether she was really there.
At some point she sat up, and the shadow flickered, and it fell away. She climbed her way out of the earthen scar and went north... north... north was repeating like a stuck record in her brain.
North.
Only when she was beneath the shelter of trees did she collapse again, as if to invite the shadows. Sulukinak could not go back to her uncle without something to show for it.
Somewhere among the trees there was the tinny crack of a branch, and the bruminous gaze of a hungry vulture staring through the canopy.
For a long time Sulukinak lay there, defeated. The shadow crossed her more frequently during this time, as if to study her, to taste whether she was really there.
At some point she sat up, and the shadow flickered, and it fell away. She climbed her way out of the earthen scar and went north... north... north was repeating like a stuck record in her brain.
North.
Only when she was beneath the shelter of trees did she collapse again, as if to invite the shadows. Sulukinak could not go back to her uncle without something to show for it.
Somewhere among the trees there was the tinny crack of a branch, and the bruminous gaze of a hungry vulture staring through the canopy.
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you need something i can never give - by Sulukinak - April 15, 2025, 11:07 PM