Midas is king and he holds me so tight
But it’s not fine, is it?He feels his heart beat. It vibrates through his dragon's body, a quiet, powerful thrumming in his veins. He'd forgotten how it makes you feel alive, with the scent of the world in your lungs and a clock ticking your life away. No, he responds after a moment, soft in the ether. It's not fine.
The cold water seeps through his fangs. He relishes it as he swallows, enjoying the taste, amusing himself with thoughts of a dragon drinking tea (would it get a stomach ache if there was milk or honey in it?) as he lets her take in his revelations.
He is more than the ardent guide in the ether fog, more than the quiet wolf shepherding souls: he had arrived, begun again, but he had been in a time before. No one has ever wondered about him, what his life had been, who he had loved and who he had lost. He is merely a window to the past, a conduit of a time forgotten, and who he is (who he had been) is irrelevant.
It's not your fault, he tells her, gently, drinking again from the small puddle. He wants to urge her to do the same, to relish the goddamn taste of something, but he knows that's to flee the conversation and he feels he owes her more (owes the world, some belated courage).
His laugh, bitter, joins hers for a brief moment. Humorless and stale. Oh, Wessex: he does not know what to think of her anymore, conflicted by his desire to elevate the good in her, and too disappointed in the slaughter she orchestrated.
But first things first. You are not useless. It is not the empty knee-jerk protest one might do, but thoughtful. I'd guess overlooked and underappreciated instead. Because isn't that how it goes, most of the time? His tongue flicks into the water, creating ripples.
Wessex though... Aamu raises his great head up again, water dripping from his chin, and sits down. Neat, feline, though it feels a little awkward in his dragon's body. What about Wessex, though? He is, after all, fairly new to the politics of the Grounds.
and turns me to gold in the sunlight
Aamu
