The waters rise above my eyes
I will breathe it in and go out with the tide
I will breathe it in and go out with the tide
The flash split the swamp wide open. For a heartbeat, everything turned to silver—reeds shivering in the charge, water gleaming like glass, the gilled deer caught mid-turn, its eyes wide and glinting. The air snapped with ozone and heat, and Noah’s arrow was loosed before the echo of Iskra’s lightning had faded.
The marsh erupted. Two of the deer bolted, vanishing beneath the surface with hardly a splash. Another staggered, the one he’d aimed for, its legs trembling where the current met its knees. The impact was solid, and Noah knew it as it resounded a low, wet thud. The struck deer faltered, legs thrashing against the suction of the marsh, before staggering toward the thickets beyond. Its gills flared wide, pumping fast.
Noah exhaled, steady, lowering his bow. “Let it run.” His voice was quiet but sure with the confidence of a man who’d hunted long enough to know patience from mistakes. “If we chase it now, its blood will surge and clot the wound before it bleeds out.”
He glanced sideways, “Good shot. Stunned just long enough for me to place the arrow right.” He paused, then added, ”Your lightning is going to be really powerful as you practice it.”
The marsh erupted. Two of the deer bolted, vanishing beneath the surface with hardly a splash. Another staggered, the one he’d aimed for, its legs trembling where the current met its knees. The impact was solid, and Noah knew it as it resounded a low, wet thud. The struck deer faltered, legs thrashing against the suction of the marsh, before staggering toward the thickets beyond. Its gills flared wide, pumping fast.
Noah exhaled, steady, lowering his bow. “Let it run.” His voice was quiet but sure with the confidence of a man who’d hunted long enough to know patience from mistakes. “If we chase it now, its blood will surge and clot the wound before it bleeds out.”
He glanced sideways, “Good shot. Stunned just long enough for me to place the arrow right.” He paused, then added, ”Your lightning is going to be really powerful as you practice it.”
And when you think this is the end
You will find me there where I have always been
You will find me there where I have always been
