Oh, empty my heart
Umbra snorted again, but whether it was in acceptance of the apology or dismissal of the whole affair was impossible to tell. The moment Sah removed himself, the dragon rolled up onto his belly and snaked the long head back to lap a tongue at the deep injury.
"Stop that." When Lilly lept from her grasp, Seren immediately turned her attention to her own companion. Instinct took over where sense might have inquired about Sah's health first, and without even pausing to think the demigod summoned her critters for a second time this night. A flock of starlings appeared this time, chirping melodically in the still of the evening. Umbra snapped at them, still testy - the girl swatted him over the nose until he allowed one of them to settle on the shoulder and begin heal the wound.
"Of all the stupid, miserable things to do," she scolded all the while, pawing away residual tears - of relief, now that the pain was ebbing away and a deep rift between herself and her dragon finally seemed possible to mend. "You could have killed him, you big, logheaded idiot. This day has been long enough without this. First Sunjata and his interrogations, and then Maeve, and now you."
Only when the wound had closed, and Umbra could lick away the lingering blood from his scales, did she regain enough clarity of mind to respond to Sah's comment.
"I... well. I appreciate that," she murmured, and got to her feet. But while she came over, and her fingers twitched with a desire to reach out for him, she held herself back. Unsure if such a thing was welcome anymore. "Sah, I'm... I'm so sorry. You shouldn't have had to do that. Or make that kind of promise. It's my fault for being a poor handler, and yet..."
Seren stared at the ground before her feet. Exhausted, weighed to the bone with guilt for putting her friend through this. "Are you alright?"
"Stop that." When Lilly lept from her grasp, Seren immediately turned her attention to her own companion. Instinct took over where sense might have inquired about Sah's health first, and without even pausing to think the demigod summoned her critters for a second time this night. A flock of starlings appeared this time, chirping melodically in the still of the evening. Umbra snapped at them, still testy - the girl swatted him over the nose until he allowed one of them to settle on the shoulder and begin heal the wound.
"Of all the stupid, miserable things to do," she scolded all the while, pawing away residual tears - of relief, now that the pain was ebbing away and a deep rift between herself and her dragon finally seemed possible to mend. "You could have killed him, you big, logheaded idiot. This day has been long enough without this. First Sunjata and his interrogations, and then Maeve, and now you."
Only when the wound had closed, and Umbra could lick away the lingering blood from his scales, did she regain enough clarity of mind to respond to Sah's comment.
"I... well. I appreciate that," she murmured, and got to her feet. But while she came over, and her fingers twitched with a desire to reach out for him, she held herself back. Unsure if such a thing was welcome anymore. "Sah, I'm... I'm so sorry. You shouldn't have had to do that. Or make that kind of promise. It's my fault for being a poor handler, and yet..."
Seren stared at the ground before her feet. Exhausted, weighed to the bone with guilt for putting her friend through this. "Are you alright?"
I've got to make room for this feeling
SEREN
