DEIMOS
ache first, but then let the cuts close
spit out the blood
spit out the blood
He looked elsewhere, beyond, upon roads and pathways as if they might disappear under his feet at any moment. He knew better, they were working on ensuring such things didn’t happen right then and there, but the threat had closed over him like a vice, no matter the cold, unyielding calculations he’d wielded seemingly moments before.
Maybe he was carrying too much. Maybe he wasn’t enough. Maybe the apprehension finally cracked a few ribs and didn’t care where he scattered.
Noah’s quite voice lent more patience than Deimos could afford, and his jaw clenched, fighting hordes of inner demons and self-doubt and that overbearing need to be a rampart, a gods damned wall, all the time. He gave me a proposal: complete safety for Halo, if I no longer interfered with the Family. And perhaps the Forsaken would understand the decision, or not respect it. The Sword’s own trepidations, and Dorian’s final words cut and slashed inwardly, as if the man could see every scar and unhealed laceration. I declined. Then he kept going, an explanation, a deterrent. We already have plans in place for the Citadel. And if I just stop- he ceased there, brows furrowing again, gaze back down to the ground.
Maybe he was carrying too much. Maybe he wasn’t enough. Maybe the apprehension finally cracked a few ribs and didn’t care where he scattered.
Noah’s quite voice lent more patience than Deimos could afford, and his jaw clenched, fighting hordes of inner demons and self-doubt and that overbearing need to be a rampart, a gods damned wall, all the time. He gave me a proposal: complete safety for Halo, if I no longer interfered with the Family. And perhaps the Forsaken would understand the decision, or not respect it. The Sword’s own trepidations, and Dorian’s final words cut and slashed inwardly, as if the man could see every scar and unhealed laceration. I declined. Then he kept going, an explanation, a deterrent. We already have plans in place for the Citadel. And if I just stop- he ceased there, brows furrowing again, gaze back down to the ground.
watch your body pull itself back together
then let your soul do the same
then let your soul do the same
