Maea
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved
Offers broke the quiet much like the rock had a moment before. Options for the choosing, that had her pause mid stride, a foreleg curled aloft in contemplation over which path to select. Indeed, she was no wild thing. No more than he was, though there was something feral beneath the young man's voice that resonated with a part of her that was used to running. A state of mind she knew well, and was still learning to escape. Was she the lost one, or he? Whatever the cause of his outburst might be, it didn't strike her as the kind that was best resolved alone.
Eyes of a soft lavender hue regarded his scramble for clothes and the defensive posture that seemed as ingrained as any deer's, as though he was the feirw and she – well. She was a wolf in sheep's clothing, so his wariness was not unwarranted. But Maea didn't eat people, and she had no intention of disturbing him. Perhaps she ought to shift - that would be the polite thing to do - but she did not. Instead, she simply shook her head, sending soft rosy ears flapping and the blueish flames of her antlers dancing, and approached the edge of the water to nibble on the waterlogged algae and lichens growing along the rim. Lingering, for all intents and purposes, and leaving it up to the boy if he wished to stay or go.
Eyes of a soft lavender hue regarded his scramble for clothes and the defensive posture that seemed as ingrained as any deer's, as though he was the feirw and she – well. She was a wolf in sheep's clothing, so his wariness was not unwarranted. But Maea didn't eat people, and she had no intention of disturbing him. Perhaps she ought to shift - that would be the polite thing to do - but she did not. Instead, she simply shook her head, sending soft rosy ears flapping and the blueish flames of her antlers dancing, and approached the edge of the water to nibble on the waterlogged algae and lichens growing along the rim. Lingering, for all intents and purposes, and leaving it up to the boy if he wished to stay or go.
In secret, between the shadow and the soul
