i reach out to my lifeline, the angels laugh in paradise
This was the second time in Eleftheria's life they had ever seen the ocean, and it shocked them that it was just as beautiful. The glaring sun of Longheat made the blue water sparkle and shimmer in the most glorious way, and El was captured by it completely.
Before the Hollowed Grounds was a series of islands, it was more than a day's walk from the Hawke homestead to any ocean, but that changed once the war ended. A lot of things did.
El was standing at a sandy area that bled into the ocean adjacent to the end of the docks. There was a pier that stretched out into the water, but El was too afraid to go that far out just yet. Here on the sand felt safer than the creaky old planks of the pier. They'd always wanted to learn to swim, since they were a child, but they never had. They stood in the sand, close enough that the waves washed over their bare feet. It was just so calming, the way it moved back and forth rhythmically. They kept walking, until the water was to their knees, and their heart started to beat irregularly. Could they teach themself to swim? They could probably teach themself to swim. Why not? How hard could it be?
They walked a little further.
Before the Hollowed Grounds was a series of islands, it was more than a day's walk from the Hawke homestead to any ocean, but that changed once the war ended. A lot of things did.
El was standing at a sandy area that bled into the ocean adjacent to the end of the docks. There was a pier that stretched out into the water, but El was too afraid to go that far out just yet. Here on the sand felt safer than the creaky old planks of the pier. They'd always wanted to learn to swim, since they were a child, but they never had. They stood in the sand, close enough that the waves washed over their bare feet. It was just so calming, the way it moved back and forth rhythmically. They kept walking, until the water was to their knees, and their heart started to beat irregularly. Could they teach themself to swim? They could probably teach themself to swim. Why not? How hard could it be?
They walked a little further.
they say i am my own lifeline
ELEFTHERIA
