DEIMOS
ache first, but then let the cuts close
spit out the blood
spit out the blood
The statement made him choke – a sense of irony flickering down in his throat, and it seemed to come out as an angst-riddled laugh; churning away in the smoke of the hearth and the anguish miring the sanctions. “I will always worry about you.” As he’d done in the Basin. As he’d done during LongNight. As he’d done a thousand times over in a myriad of ways – through multitudes of ventures and disparities. Her departure just meant he couldn’t see her – and given the way the earth was shifting and maneuvering quickly, efficiently, there were no luxuries in the statement.
Where an Ascended was safest was up for debate too, considering who continually pushed them into trials and tribulations. There were no sentiments or semblances of trust embedded in Wessex; especially after the latest, acrimonious plunge. For someone who claimed protection and safekeeping of her own, she did a damned job of ensuring her poor choices rankled down the rest of them. How many, especially innocent Ascended, were now in danger with the threat of retribution? Keeping his hands in his pockets, or clinging to pieces of the cloth and fabric there, he tilted his head, avoiding her stare once more. “Did you hear about Stormbreak?”
Where an Ascended was safest was up for debate too, considering who continually pushed them into trials and tribulations. There were no sentiments or semblances of trust embedded in Wessex; especially after the latest, acrimonious plunge. For someone who claimed protection and safekeeping of her own, she did a damned job of ensuring her poor choices rankled down the rest of them. How many, especially innocent Ascended, were now in danger with the threat of retribution? Keeping his hands in his pockets, or clinging to pieces of the cloth and fabric there, he tilted his head, avoiding her stare once more. “Did you hear about Stormbreak?”
watch your body pull itself back together
then let your soul do the same
then let your soul do the same
