runaway

KIADA you love each other, you do, and here's the tragedy; it's not enough. His attempt at a joke falls flat for her. She knows he has survived worse, she knows that whatever war this will be is nothing compared to other lands and other times. And yet, she’s terrified that she’ll lose him to it, even if he believes he can outlast it all. She stares down at Auni, gnawing on her cheek as her icy gaze shadows further. She’s lost so much, so many, and she hates having them be put into these situations time and time again. If it’s not one world, it’s another, full of struggles and rife and destruction. But she doesn’t get to say anything as he questions her as to what she’s been up to. And she has to think about it for a moment. She doesn’t know what she’s been up to – he’s been there for it all aside from the Pit. And well, she hasn’t told anyone about the pit either. It was common knowledge (at least she thought it was) that Amalia and her had visited the gentle creature in the woods. The sacrifice she had given, though her memories were of nothing kind. Amalia, at least Kiada imagined, had given the creature wonderful memories. In the Harpy’s memories sit blood and violence, destruction, the fall of worlds and kings and gods. She tilts her head up to look at Deimos with a small shrug. “Nothing really. Mostly at the Bakery if I’m not out scouting.” She pauses, eyes distant yet remaining on him. “The Pit was… an experience I think I’m still trying to understand. And to return here with all the rules now put in place and a ruler, I’m not sure where that leaves me in the middle of trying to adjust to it all.” She sighs quietly, head shifting to look back down at Auni who’s head rests easily in her lap. She almost wants to tell him of all the things she misses, that the sacrifice she had given made her realize just how lonely she was now. you are allowed; to watch the sun swallow him whole and burn him up, to stain your fingers to the bone holding him together. to count the constellations in his eyes as they blink out. but you are not allowed to save him...