The Bracken Woods vii: curses

SQUEALS YES TY, tag for ref!

it has been some time since the androgyne stole away by himself. not because he has outgrown such petty ventures but because there is simply no time, between his children, between alarian. but seabreeze's arrival and zamael's disappearance have shook loose some feelings in him he has not had a chance to process -- and so he lets himself retreat, giving @Alarian notice (after their last conversation on running off he's not about to be a hypocrit). 

delight does not go far, submerging into the woods that remind him, a touch ironically, of the sweep. sometimes he wonders what would life be like if he'd not moved them from the forest, or if he'd moved them but not so far, stayed within the comfort of the tuktus. would he have his children still? would that be a bad thing? (he wouldn't have alarian and that would be a bad thing, so.)

the woods are not empty -- again he remembers the sweep -- he does not mean to trail her but it does not take long for their paths to cross, the chancellor recognizing her as the third woman who arrives with his seabreeze. he hasn't seen much of her but he has not seen much of anyone outside of his children and partner. chuffing softly to alert her to his presence delight draws into view, curious but hesitant.