DEIMOS
Heave the silver hollow sliver
“Yes,” even though he hadn’t had much fortune or luck yet. Opening the portion already in his palms revealed a very tiny sliver of obsidian, and he gestured for her to see. “Small portion over here,” which meant some larger contortions might be nearby. With the piece not big enough for any crafting he intended to embark within, maybe Alys would find better favor with it. Turning back, he began to unearth more from the same vein, careful once more not to startle any proportion of the walls.And he listened still, eternally observant and calculating. Alys might’ve been amidst the first, besides the Naturals, to say Halo was nice, but he smiled just the same. Nor could he help the barking laugh that ensued from the statement about Ru. “Are you suspicious of her kindness?” In other lives, people would’ve had every right to be.
The inquiry snagged at him as he plucked another seam from the cavern, turning over his shoulder with a shake of his head; the scars not so residual any longer. “I am an Outlander. Many of us landed in the Hollowed Grounds, originally. When there was nothing left for me there, I came to Halo.” In a bout of sickness and compulsion, but it led him there regardless. “But my home before was very similar.” To mountains; the Aurora Basin thriving beneath pinnacles of summits, stretching out its expanse with every dominion imaginable.
Unite and spread the heart apart
