the star-touched woman had yet to return to Sunspire; yet a rabbit and bird cached somewhere in the range provided an excuse for venturing so far. freedom was still soft and new on her tongue; not just from injury, but from the looming darkness that had shadowed her for so long, culminating in the murder of her father and ending abruptly one gray dawn.
and now she was here, forelimbs submerged up to her hocks as she stood in a small pool, muzzle dipped to the water's surface, drenched almost up to her eyes. a dozen tiny pondskippers danced on the surface of the water, each a tiny burst of light as the sun reflected off them at just the right angle. cassiopeia exhaled onto the pool's surface, sending out an ever-increasing radius of ripples that had the insets scatter in every direction.
and now she was here, forelimbs submerged up to her hocks as she stood in a small pool, muzzle dipped to the water's surface, drenched almost up to her eyes. a dozen tiny pondskippers danced on the surface of the water, each a tiny burst of light as the sun reflected off them at just the right angle. cassiopeia exhaled onto the pool's surface, sending out an ever-increasing radius of ripples that had the insets scatter in every direction.
That is not dead which can eternal lie.
And with strange aeons even death may die.
And with strange aeons even death may die.
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we will be everything that we'd ever need - by Cassiopeia - August 03, 2018, 11:25 PM
RE: we will be everything that we'd ever need - by Saarthal - August 09, 2018, 09:34 AM