// And it's our time now if you want it to be //
Well, this isn't how he expected things to start out.
Koa spots Jude ahead on the path; even at a distance it's clear he's tightly wound, like a yew bow or guitar string one note away from snapping. He, too, has rehearsed his statement, has hedged his guesses on what Jude knows and what he has to say. But the words all flee him as the boy spins around, all sharp edges and accusing eyes that send spears of guilt into Koa's heart.
He starts, stepping forward, an arm outstretched as Jude seems about to fall into the stream. But the singer steadies, and Koa stops, letting his hand fall back to his side. "Jude--" he begins, only to be interrupted as his friend?-slash-roommate?-slash-it's-complicated-okay's voice snaps out above the water's roar. The statement and question are loaded and harsh; Koa blinks, taken aback, then sags beneath the combination of relief that he doesn't have to tell Jude what's happened, and guilt that he has no solutions, yet.
"Zavien told me. Lena knows, and our Dad. Flora." He hesitates, licks his lips, copper eyes flitting briefly away before settling back on his face. "Soh." They haven't talked about Sohalia, not really; the Luminary is a cyst in their odd relationship that neither man seems particularly keen to express. And with everything that's happened the last few months, with Koa's feelings so in flux as Sohalia's re-entered his life...
Problems for another day.
"That's what I've been doing out here." Koa gestures to the Greatwood at large, glancing toward the trees, the crimson falls. "Trying to find a cure."
Koa spots Jude ahead on the path; even at a distance it's clear he's tightly wound, like a yew bow or guitar string one note away from snapping. He, too, has rehearsed his statement, has hedged his guesses on what Jude knows and what he has to say. But the words all flee him as the boy spins around, all sharp edges and accusing eyes that send spears of guilt into Koa's heart.
He starts, stepping forward, an arm outstretched as Jude seems about to fall into the stream. But the singer steadies, and Koa stops, letting his hand fall back to his side. "Jude--" he begins, only to be interrupted as his friend?-slash-roommate?-slash-it's-complicated-okay's voice snaps out above the water's roar. The statement and question are loaded and harsh; Koa blinks, taken aback, then sags beneath the combination of relief that he doesn't have to tell Jude what's happened, and guilt that he has no solutions, yet.
"Zavien told me. Lena knows, and our Dad. Flora." He hesitates, licks his lips, copper eyes flitting briefly away before settling back on his face. "Soh." They haven't talked about Sohalia, not really; the Luminary is a cyst in their odd relationship that neither man seems particularly keen to express. And with everything that's happened the last few months, with Koa's feelings so in flux as Sohalia's re-entered his life...
Problems for another day.
"That's what I've been doing out here." Koa gestures to the Greatwood at large, glancing toward the trees, the crimson falls. "Trying to find a cure."
Koa
// Maul the world like a carnival bear set free //
