KOA
It's over.
It's just begun.
It ends with both a bang and a whimper, the demigods once again making quick work of their foe. Koa cheers while clutching his chest, the huge bruise blooming under his moth scale shirt a small price to pay for this resounding success. "We did it!" he whoops, laughing, wincing, turning with a grin that pushes his cheeks up so high they nearly swallow his eyes. "Holy fuck, Soh, we---"
But his voice dies in his throat, as he takes the Luminary in, her eyes wide, her breathing ragged, a pain he cannot account for cast like blood over her face. "Soh?!" Koa asks, dropping to his knees beside her, the bruise in his chest burning as shockwaves ricochet through damaged skin. Heedless of his injury, he claps her face between his hands, searching for any signs of wounds, something to account for this "Soh, are you--?" the boy begins asking.
Then a mournful keening interrupts him, the cry of loss from Pipsqueak's small lungs vibrating through him as realization rips its way through the bond. Koa's eyes widen, aghast and horrified. "Tarak," he whispers, looking in Sohalia's broken face for the confirmation he does not need. "Oh Gods. Soh. Soh" Tears spring into his eyes as he pulls her into a fierce embrace, as though to shield her from the horrors of a world that simply won't let them win.
It's just begun.
It ends with both a bang and a whimper, the demigods once again making quick work of their foe. Koa cheers while clutching his chest, the huge bruise blooming under his moth scale shirt a small price to pay for this resounding success. "We did it!" he whoops, laughing, wincing, turning with a grin that pushes his cheeks up so high they nearly swallow his eyes. "Holy fuck, Soh, we---"
But his voice dies in his throat, as he takes the Luminary in, her eyes wide, her breathing ragged, a pain he cannot account for cast like blood over her face. "Soh?!" Koa asks, dropping to his knees beside her, the bruise in his chest burning as shockwaves ricochet through damaged skin. Heedless of his injury, he claps her face between his hands, searching for any signs of wounds, something to account for this "Soh, are you--?" the boy begins asking.
Then a mournful keening interrupts him, the cry of loss from Pipsqueak's small lungs vibrating through him as realization rips its way through the bond. Koa's eyes widen, aghast and horrified. "Tarak," he whispers, looking in Sohalia's broken face for the confirmation he does not need. "Oh Gods. Soh. Soh" Tears spring into his eyes as he pulls her into a fierce embrace, as though to shield her from the horrors of a world that simply won't let them win.
Let me go, I don't wanna be your hero
I don't wanna be a big man
Just wanna fight with everyone else
I don't wanna be a big man
Just wanna fight with everyone else
Code stolen from Queen Sky
