March 27, 2020, 06:59 PM
He swayed in place, fell, braced himself abruptly against the trunk with his chest and then - as that momentum carried him towards the dirt - landed awkwardly on his paws again. He staggered off-kilter and felt his skin drag against the bark of the tree and grimaced. His eyes were shut. The world spun; he did not see Kukutux arrive in that moment, and when the whirlwind calmed around him he was startled to see her. More-so for the look of concern that plagued her face, perhaps.
I'm fine,he slurred, answering the unspoken question of her eyes with a lie. His breathing was ragged for a few moments but he gathered his bearings and sank to his haunches, head bowed.
The woods have always been filled with these soft doe-eyed things;
with hearts beating for the arrow, the bullet, the lance.
with hearts beating for the arrow, the bullet, the lance.
I have always been the huntsman. ⤑
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blood makes atonement for one's life - by Revui (Ghost) - March 20, 2020, 01:20 PM
RE: blood makes atonement for one's life - by Kukutux - March 20, 2020, 03:17 PM
RE: blood makes atonement for one's life - by Revui (Ghost) - March 27, 2020, 06:59 PM
RE: blood makes atonement for one's life - by Kukutux - March 27, 2020, 11:58 PM
RE: blood makes atonement for one's life - by Revui (Ghost) - April 02, 2020, 02:13 PM
RE: blood makes atonement for one's life - by Kukutux - April 02, 2020, 02:29 PM
RE: blood makes atonement for one's life - by Revui (Ghost) - April 02, 2020, 02:43 PM
RE: blood makes atonement for one's life - by Kukutux - April 02, 2020, 02:52 PM
RE: blood makes atonement for one's life - by Revui (Ghost) - April 02, 2020, 03:27 PM
RE: blood makes atonement for one's life - by Kukutux - April 02, 2020, 03:58 PM
RE: blood makes atonement for one's life - by Revui (Ghost) - April 02, 2020, 04:16 PM
RE: blood makes atonement for one's life - by Kukutux - April 02, 2020, 04:26 PM
RE: blood makes atonement for one's life - by Revui (Ghost) - April 02, 2020, 04:35 PM
RE: blood makes atonement for one's life - by Kukutux - April 02, 2020, 04:57 PM
RE: blood makes atonement for one's life - by Revui (Ghost) - April 02, 2020, 05:17 PM
RE: blood makes atonement for one's life - by Kukutux - April 02, 2020, 05:40 PM
RE: blood makes atonement for one's life - by Revui (Ghost) - April 02, 2020, 05:57 PM
RE: blood makes atonement for one's life - by Kukutux - April 02, 2020, 06:19 PM
RE: blood makes atonement for one's life - by Revui (Ghost) - April 02, 2020, 06:27 PM
RE: blood makes atonement for one's life - by Kukutux - April 02, 2020, 06:44 PM
RE: blood makes atonement for one's life - by Revui (Ghost) - April 02, 2020, 06:54 PM