CHULANE
why do things happen with no reason or rhyme?
why does it feel like we're running out of time?
why does it feel like we're running out of time?
He ignored the ascended's demands, pressing his palm against the forehead anyway, feeling something he did not expect at all. Heat.
Now Chulane and Neron didn't often touch. But on the rare occasions that he'd brushed by the other man or donated his blood to him, Neron had been cold to the touch.
Could ascended's get fevers? Apparently.
He would've laughed if he wasn't so worried, at the stumbling, uncoordinated motions of the man who always came across so dignified and held together. And when they entered the Kraai proper, he took in the somewhat upside-down scenery with a soft hmm.
"Been redecorating, Nez?" it'd been a while since he'd used the nickname, but perhaps it would continue to bring the ascended back to the here and now and less lost in whatever world his mind had paraded off to.
The vet one-handedly grabbed at a chair from a table and set it back on the ground, then unceremoniously plonked the ascended into it. Then he helped himself to the bar, getting a bottle of wine for Neron and a water for himself.
He settled into a chair by the ascended opening the wine bottle and handing it to Neron, sipping at the water for himself. "How do you feel?"
Now Chulane and Neron didn't often touch. But on the rare occasions that he'd brushed by the other man or donated his blood to him, Neron had been cold to the touch.
Could ascended's get fevers? Apparently.
He would've laughed if he wasn't so worried, at the stumbling, uncoordinated motions of the man who always came across so dignified and held together. And when they entered the Kraai proper, he took in the somewhat upside-down scenery with a soft hmm.
"Been redecorating, Nez?" it'd been a while since he'd used the nickname, but perhaps it would continue to bring the ascended back to the here and now and less lost in whatever world his mind had paraded off to.
The vet one-handedly grabbed at a chair from a table and set it back on the ground, then unceremoniously plonked the ascended into it. Then he helped himself to the bar, getting a bottle of wine for Neron and a water for himself.
He settled into a chair by the ascended opening the wine bottle and handing it to Neron, sipping at the water for himself. "How do you feel?"
how do we keep going, through the dark?
why are we here at all, lost in the dark?
why are we here at all, lost in the dark?
