NOE
So it's gonna be forever
Or it's gonna go down in flames
Or it's gonna go down in flames
Technically, Noe could travel to Starfall all on her own, thank you very much, and in fact had done so once before, making her trips to the island a grand total of two. Not that it mattered, really, but just in case one was keeping count.
There was a long silence, during which Noe glared daggers at her brother, her arms crossed angrily over her chest. When he finally spoke, it took the girl by surprise. She'd been expecting further words of fury, more attempts to get her to see the Family as the evil force that Koa clearly thought they were, but what actually came was an attempt to smooth her ruffled feathers, calm the turbulent waters that now stretched between the two.
And a part of Noe wanted to let him, wanted to put the argument behind them and move forward like nothing had ever happened.
And maybe she would have, if she didn't know better.
But he still thought she was infected.
He still hated her friends.
So when Koa reached for her, she took a step back, already shaking her head. "What, so you can buy time to fix me?" she asked, but there was less venom than hurt in her shaking voice. "So you can, what, control when and where I see them?" She shook her head. "Koa, I love you, but you're not my keeper. I don't want to make a promise I can't keep." She swallowed back sudden tears that threatened. "Please don't make me."
She took another step back, and the gulf between them widened. "I want to go home." And then she was turning, leaving, returning back to the skyport. Going anywhere but here, anywhere that she could buy herself time to think, and feel, and mourn.
fin
There was a long silence, during which Noe glared daggers at her brother, her arms crossed angrily over her chest. When he finally spoke, it took the girl by surprise. She'd been expecting further words of fury, more attempts to get her to see the Family as the evil force that Koa clearly thought they were, but what actually came was an attempt to smooth her ruffled feathers, calm the turbulent waters that now stretched between the two.
And a part of Noe wanted to let him, wanted to put the argument behind them and move forward like nothing had ever happened.
And maybe she would have, if she didn't know better.
But he still thought she was infected.
He still hated her friends.
So when Koa reached for her, she took a step back, already shaking her head. "What, so you can buy time to fix me?" she asked, but there was less venom than hurt in her shaking voice. "So you can, what, control when and where I see them?" She shook her head. "Koa, I love you, but you're not my keeper. I don't want to make a promise I can't keep." She swallowed back sudden tears that threatened. "Please don't make me."
She took another step back, and the gulf between them widened. "I want to go home." And then she was turning, leaving, returning back to the skyport. Going anywhere but here, anywhere that she could buy herself time to think, and feel, and mourn.
fin
You can tell me when it's over
If the high was worth the pain
If the high was worth the pain
