DEIMOS
what tried to destroy you
didn't have the strength
didn't have the strength
Perhaps they’d all come to rely too heavily on the certainty of places and things. To believe it’d always be there, or they’d have the capacity to fend and fight. But if wars, and now the Family, had taught him anything at all, it was that sometimes the most bitter and rancorous circumstances still found everyone and everything, no matter how hard fought the battle. There would always be a cost. It was just difficult to carry the magnitude all the time – when there were so many other burdens tossed there.
Her words sent his eyes out across the coast, sharpened gaze honing in on the outline and isle of Starfall. His anger was a cold and muted one, but there, residing in his chest amidst the bones and filaments of trepidation, before turning his gaze back to her. Belial had long since landed along the coast and picked at his feathers; far more carefree where his bonded couldn’t be. “That is understandable.” These experiences were dastardly, piercing things, coming together in a puncturing onslaught with little repose in between. “I think we have to take those peaceful instances where we can.” Because they were far more fragile nowadays than anything else. "Most plans seem to be confined to looking for certain flowers," as a hint, in case she wanted to be of assistance, rather than waiting in agony.
Yearning to peel away from the layers of misgivings, his head tilted. “Was there something you wanted to work on?”
Her words sent his eyes out across the coast, sharpened gaze honing in on the outline and isle of Starfall. His anger was a cold and muted one, but there, residing in his chest amidst the bones and filaments of trepidation, before turning his gaze back to her. Belial had long since landed along the coast and picked at his feathers; far more carefree where his bonded couldn’t be. “That is understandable.” These experiences were dastardly, piercing things, coming together in a puncturing onslaught with little repose in between. “I think we have to take those peaceful instances where we can.” Because they were far more fragile nowadays than anything else. "Most plans seem to be confined to looking for certain flowers," as a hint, in case she wanted to be of assistance, rather than waiting in agony.
Yearning to peel away from the layers of misgivings, his head tilted. “Was there something you wanted to work on?”
still you stand
sturdy and smelling of smoke
sturdy and smelling of smoke
