where I save you and you save me
When he found a suitable spot amidst the ground and dunes, he paused, beginning to let his earth incantations unfurl. In broad strokes and patterns, the incantations flowed through the sand, causing smaller, then deeper rifts, following one after another, encouraged, commanded, and demanded at his direction. It all contorted and rippled at his discretion, at the image persistent in his mind, concentration and focus honed enough between discussion and offerings that he could smile in Alys’s wake, glancing at her with a teasing lilt to his gaze, before furrowing his brows at the presentation.
“Yes. I plan on making the whole family some costumes.” Head tilting, he laughed again, shaking his head. “Not sure if I can ever be reasonably disguised though.” Not unless he had his invisibility cloak; his height and physique was typically noticeable, despite his best efforts at blending into shadows on the best days. “I trust you can pretend I will be unrecognizable.”
“Yes. I plan on making the whole family some costumes.” Head tilting, he laughed again, shaking his head. “Not sure if I can ever be reasonably disguised though.” Not unless he had his invisibility cloak; his height and physique was typically noticeable, despite his best efforts at blending into shadows on the best days. “I trust you can pretend I will be unrecognizable.”
Deimos
and we save each other over and over, a hundred times, endlessly
