Redhawk Caldera If the whole wide world stops spinning

When Eljay moved to take distance he felt there was some reluctance to the way Maia lifted her head. Maybe he was just imagining things for his own sake, but as he realised this Eljay lingered close, moving so he could look at Maia at least a bit but not really making to open up the distance between them. He felt weird for sort of stealing Maia's moment of feeling bad. This had just hit so suddenly, he didn't know what to do with it. Mixed with the strange sensation that he felt it was all very confusing.

No, he said, but a few beats later Eljay still started talking. I... When I was young, there was a little boy in Redhawk caldera, P-Peter. He was younger than me and very kind and loving. I loved him very much, as if he was my own little brother. Then one day, I... He... Eljay's eyes started to fog up again, even though he hadn't thought it possible. S-someone killed him. I forgot. I don't know how I could forget. Eljay frowned and stifled another sob as he thought of every gruesome detail and found his head screaming to have it put back where it came from.