Deimos
walked from revelation to revelation
came back storm-drenched
came back storm-drenched
Flowerbirth hadn’t permitted any of them to be idle – no slow birdsong at dawn to awaken them to the first light of morning after LongNight – just the crushed mantle of stone and a barbaric slate of sedition contorted deep in his bones. And from there, he’d traversed and met and planned, all to the, hopeful momentum bringing them here today.
Underwater – where maybe they wouldn’t be overheard.
To be fair, it’d been one of the first meetings he’d ever had in the fathoms, but given the state of things, he was simply content to have motion in their machinations. With some calculations in place, he’d given Evie overviews, cherished his family, and then set off – until they were amidst the Marketplace, and he was stretched out in Bakunawa form – features as nonchalant as ever.
Turning to his constituents, and making sure his tail didn’t hit any kiosks, the Attuned bond varnished over. It will be nice to hear good news, but perhaps that was too much of a presumption at this point.
Underwater – where maybe they wouldn’t be overheard.
To be fair, it’d been one of the first meetings he’d ever had in the fathoms, but given the state of things, he was simply content to have motion in their machinations. With some calculations in place, he’d given Evie overviews, cherished his family, and then set off – until they were amidst the Marketplace, and he was stretched out in Bakunawa form – features as nonchalant as ever.
Turning to his constituents, and making sure his tail didn’t hit any kiosks, the Attuned bond varnished over. It will be nice to hear good news, but perhaps that was too much of a presumption at this point.
through shattered mountains and aching famine
stronger than all of it
stronger than all of it
