Kintla Flatlands for here i lie in wait; hush little heart

Taikon did not wait for him to stop. He did anyway, and when he asked why, the prince pulled in Zephyr close, throwing his head over the boy's shoulder so that at the very least, he might smell the icy stone once again.
Because if you die out there, I want to make sure I remember this, and not a flower. The illness had fucked with his mind, but if there was one thing he had learned, it was that these hours on earth were precious. Taikon would not let him go without at least one moment without guilt and tension and pain.