Don't put your happiness in other people's hands
He was cursed. There was no other word for it. He couldn't hear a thing, and on top of that, excessive optimism had led him to develop a stubborn, never ending hiccup.
Go ahead. You can laugh now. Get it over with.
Fortunately ravens were incapable of that, lacking the necessary diaphragm, but Korbin couldn't spend all his waking hours as a bird. He had things to do, and hunting was one of them.
Clutching a brace of wild ningos in one hand, he plodded his way back down towards the Citadel when a semi-familiar figure appeared around a rocky outcrop. Unable to hear, he found his other senses had sharpened to astonishing degrees; the tang of blood in the air made him pick up the pace and with a concerned hiccup the young man approached the Captain, frowning as he looked between the dagger in her hand and the blood in the snow.
There was a question in his eyes as he looked at her, and frustration as he realized he wouldn't hear if explained.
Hunching down, he pulled his own knife and used the tip to write in the snow. "You okay?" Then he tapped a finger to his ear, and shook his head. Hoping she would get the meaning.
Go ahead. You can laugh now. Get it over with.
Fortunately ravens were incapable of that, lacking the necessary diaphragm, but Korbin couldn't spend all his waking hours as a bird. He had things to do, and hunting was one of them.
Clutching a brace of wild ningos in one hand, he plodded his way back down towards the Citadel when a semi-familiar figure appeared around a rocky outcrop. Unable to hear, he found his other senses had sharpened to astonishing degrees; the tang of blood in the air made him pick up the pace and with a concerned hiccup the young man approached the Captain, frowning as he looked between the dagger in her hand and the blood in the snow.
There was a question in his eyes as he looked at her, and frustration as he realized he wouldn't hear if explained.
Hunching down, he pulled his own knife and used the tip to write in the snow. "You okay?" Then he tapped a finger to his ear, and shook his head. Hoping she would get the meaning.
They'll drop it
KORBIN
