HENRY
I was waiting for something extraordinary
but as the years wasted on...
but as the years wasted on...
He pauses, suspended in the air by little more than his own strength, and watches Mabel's dive with keen interest. His eyes never leave her wings, trying to still himself even when he gets a bit nervous. He even offers an excited honk of approval when she finishes her descent. No judgement is offered toward her cautious stop, it's not truly a competition.
It was, he agrees with a gentleness in his tone that, this time, reaches him too. It gets easier the more you practice. We should do this again, after I'm... better, he winces a fraction at the admittance of being in such a weak frame of mind. You know, there doesn't need to be a reason. Or you don't have to tell me. You can just ask anytime, and I'd be glad to help you, Mabel. Even if it's just... helping you to have fun. But he knows she won't say much to that, with all her hard edges and sharp teeth. So with a beat of his wings, he says, Let's go back, we can race the sun instead of each other.
Fin!
It was, he agrees with a gentleness in his tone that, this time, reaches him too. It gets easier the more you practice. We should do this again, after I'm... better, he winces a fraction at the admittance of being in such a weak frame of mind. You know, there doesn't need to be a reason. Or you don't have to tell me. You can just ask anytime, and I'd be glad to help you, Mabel. Even if it's just... helping you to have fun. But he knows she won't say much to that, with all her hard edges and sharp teeth. So with a beat of his wings, he says, Let's go back, we can race the sun instead of each other.
Fin!
nothing ever did
unless I caused it
unless I caused it
