Sunbeam Lair As he[a righteous man] breaks, so shall it [hell] break

It was like a switch was flipped. Suddenly the world violently tilted, and Sia momentarily lost his balance, and he stumbled. As if the world decided enough was enough and shook the man from his nightmare. For the moment, the universe pitied the man whom had lost everything. For the moment, he was saved from his torture.

His sister, his sweet younger sister stood before him. Tear flooding her magnificent orange gaze, his jaw dropped. She looked worried, and scared, sad even. “Tak?” The hesitation was obvious, the confusion palpable. “Are you — is it really — oh god!” He exclaimed with such great relief. So relieved, his head swam, and he too couldn’t stop the tears that wet his cheeks. Losing his footing entirely, he sat heavily on his hind quarters.

The simple act of happiness exhausted the man so much it took him a moment for his brain to catch up. He was here, sobbing in front of his sister. The sister whom he hadn’t rightly seen in three months. “Takiyok.” Siarut hiccupped, although he avoided looking at her. Unable to deal with the hallucinations that would conjure should he see the face of his greatest guilt.