Firefly Glen [wp] i'm not ready to die

no need to match length, i got carried away <3 AW!!

sobeille first met the gentle flame that was @Ajei the late winter of her first year. @Arrluk came shortly there-after, unassuming in a way commanding respect sobeille did not wish to give. she intended to disdain him; time again he showed her she had little reason to.

though ajei had occupied a space in her heart since their first meeting, she could not deny the little dove her happiness. and that happiness involved arrluk. arrluk, sobeille's killbrother. the image of his muscular figure tearing into skin, splattered by seal-blood, caused a strange stirring within her.

kukutux thought this bittersweet. sobeille found herself among a similar thoughtpath, for very different reasons.

once, ajei had come to her upset. and in the only way sobeille knew, she sought to ease that suffering by killing. a sense of great injustice welled in her heart to think of anyone getting in the way of ajei's happiness.

including herself.

what to give, then, to show what she believed was love? sobeille brought fish, for she remembered ajei was most fond of it. bluegill and trout from the freshwaters. salmon fat with roe, char, and flounder from the sea. all wrapped in a thick pelt of seal-skin that may one day warm ajei's children.

she placed this gift among the others as another bittersweet memory came to her.

but it is also a bit like a happy ending. didn't get it right the first time. so you get another chance.

something within her uncoiled from its resting. in another life, ajei. sobeille promised, glancing up as a constellation of fireflies danced into view.