KOA
Her body rattles in his arms like dry bones in the wind, the sobs that wrack her fierce and frightening in their intensity. He can feel her fingers digging into his back, feel dampness blooming over his chest as her tears flow freely into his shirt, but Koa doesn't move. There is no power on earth that could make him release her, keep him from holding Sohalia together as her world continues to fall apart.
"I know," he murmurs in a soothing voice that's nearly choked by his own grief. "I know." He doesn't, of course, not really, not in any meaningful way, but he's at a loss for what more to say, has no idea how he can possibly begin to make this better.
"I've got you. I'm here." Shifting his weight to better support them both, Koa rubs gentle circles over Sohalia's back. "One breath at a time, okay? Slowly. In and out."
"I know," he murmurs in a soothing voice that's nearly choked by his own grief. "I know." He doesn't, of course, not really, not in any meaningful way, but he's at a loss for what more to say, has no idea how he can possibly begin to make this better.
"I've got you. I'm here." Shifting his weight to better support them both, Koa rubs gentle circles over Sohalia's back. "One breath at a time, okay? Slowly. In and out."
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
