and the only solution was to stand and fight
He’d already begun his withdrawal, mind settling into those quiet, melancholic voids; jaw clenching while the rest of the fire burned, leaving little of his friend behind until that too was dust and ash and remnants of bone. Nina called back, but he’d mottled that as well, and he shook his head, granting a light smile that dispersed quickly thereafter. “It is fine. Thank you.” Hoping enough gratitude and acknowledgment had placated the blunders of his missteps, he sighed, taking one last glance back at the pyre; wondering if another review of his notes would lead to anything at all – or if Rhiannon would simply be another consumed and swallowed up by the world with nothing to show for it but the absence left behind.
[FIN]
[FIN]
DEIMOS
