Could I but ride indefinite, As doth the meadow-bee
And visit only where I liked, And no man visit me
And visit only where I liked, And no man visit me
She doesn’t question why he hesitates, mouth open but silent, in much the same way he doesn’t ask any further after her aunt or homeland. Maybe later, when the sun is lower and the shadows easier to hide in, she will feel inclined to talk. Just the easy things to start. Lakota’s gruff exterior but gentle hands, her twin’s showy beauty that she sees in Flora every day, her parents’ storybook love story that had ended in bittersweet tragedy aided by her own unwitting hand.
Though his proposal and accompanying grin are lackluster, Ru moves on gracefully from the topic, her own grin smaller but still smug. “You’re on, Seawright,” she purrs, and stands and stretches like the big cat that resides in her soul. Hopping over the rocks until she finds her chosen perch that is sufficiently close to the water, she unsheathes her dagger (the one she has kept after all this time, years after Sunjata gave it to her, years after she’d stabbed him in the thigh with it) and takes up a stance. Tilting her blade in a ‘come hither’ motion, the Valkyrie grins and strikes like a snake the second Talyson has his balance, aiming for his knife-arm.
Though his proposal and accompanying grin are lackluster, Ru moves on gracefully from the topic, her own grin smaller but still smug. “You’re on, Seawright,” she purrs, and stands and stretches like the big cat that resides in her soul. Hopping over the rocks until she finds her chosen perch that is sufficiently close to the water, she unsheathes her dagger (the one she has kept after all this time, years after Sunjata gave it to her, years after she’d stabbed him in the thigh with it) and takes up a stance. Tilting her blade in a ‘come hither’ motion, the Valkyrie grins and strikes like a snake the second Talyson has his balance, aiming for his knife-arm.
And dwell a little everywhere - or better, run away
HOTARU
