DEIMOS
what tried to destroy you
didn't have the strength
didn't have the strength
Belial’s screech had long since heralded Alys’s arrival, giving himself enough time to place an adequate mask over his features. Unbeknownst to him, however, that it scarcely mattered, and all those intertwining emotions, apprehensions, turmoil, and terror he kept so taut within his frame spilled out regardless.
Before he could ask her the same, especially after recent events in Halo, the loss of her companion, and recent assaults, the questions bombarded and leapt. He likely should’ve seen it coming; his own statements during the letter exchange had been purposefully brief, and so his jaw clenched only once. “They are all right.” He wouldn’t be here if they were in danger, ill, or injured, and he trusted the Evergreen to be safe and obstinate should anything happen while he was away. It didn’t mean he’d set aside all his worries though. “The healing springs were attacked and destroyed during LongNight – I am trying to let everyone know in case we find more infected.” And could potentially lead them to a Big God, rather than the broken stones in the Fangs. “How are you doing?”
Before he could ask her the same, especially after recent events in Halo, the loss of her companion, and recent assaults, the questions bombarded and leapt. He likely should’ve seen it coming; his own statements during the letter exchange had been purposefully brief, and so his jaw clenched only once. “They are all right.” He wouldn’t be here if they were in danger, ill, or injured, and he trusted the Evergreen to be safe and obstinate should anything happen while he was away. It didn’t mean he’d set aside all his worries though. “The healing springs were attacked and destroyed during LongNight – I am trying to let everyone know in case we find more infected.” And could potentially lead them to a Big God, rather than the broken stones in the Fangs. “How are you doing?”
still you stand
sturdy and smelling of smoke
sturdy and smelling of smoke
