This is the long forgotten light at the end of the world
Soothing fingers brushed through his hair, combing the unruly tangle even as he struggled to get his breathing in check. Composure, pride - silly things, but the hills upon which so many staked their identity. She too, of course. Seren's eyes wandered over the nearby tables, the milling crowd, and did not urge her friend to let it all out, as she might have any other time. If they had been on her isle, with only the stars to watch... But she didn't suggest that either. Just held her friend, rocking gently from side to side until a sympathetic wolf head poked in between them.
To hear Sah laugh, even a little, felt like a blessing. Seren eased her grip a little to incorporate the companion, until all three of them were a tangle of arms and paws, heads and warm hearts.
"For you, always," the girl hummed, her own mouth spreading into a tender smile. "If you ever need to talk, I'm right here. I just... wish there was something I could actually do for you. If there is ever anything, be sure to let me know, yeah?" Promised favors aside, she could not think of many things she wouldn't do for her friend.
In no hurry to go back to the crafts, Seren was content to stay like this for as long as Sah wanted. Her eyes kept roving over will-o-wisps and firelflies dancing over the barrows, over the faces of family and friends, trying and failing to imagine a world where none of them existed.
"Will you make a lantern for them?" she wondered quietly, thinking of his family, his friends. His goddess, gone just like the rest of them. If gods ever died - was it with the perishing of their worshippers? In that case, maybe Mune still lived on within Sah.
To hear Sah laugh, even a little, felt like a blessing. Seren eased her grip a little to incorporate the companion, until all three of them were a tangle of arms and paws, heads and warm hearts.
"For you, always," the girl hummed, her own mouth spreading into a tender smile. "If you ever need to talk, I'm right here. I just... wish there was something I could actually do for you. If there is ever anything, be sure to let me know, yeah?" Promised favors aside, she could not think of many things she wouldn't do for her friend.
In no hurry to go back to the crafts, Seren was content to stay like this for as long as Sah wanted. Her eyes kept roving over will-o-wisps and firelflies dancing over the barrows, over the faces of family and friends, trying and failing to imagine a world where none of them existed.
"Will you make a lantern for them?" she wondered quietly, thinking of his family, his friends. His goddess, gone just like the rest of them. If gods ever died - was it with the perishing of their worshippers? In that case, maybe Mune still lived on within Sah.
Seren
