DEIMOS
ache first, but then let the cuts close
spit out the blood
spit out the blood
Nothing. Just the I knows like little daggers and knives to etchings already made over the surface of his bones. Something about the notions, the way she didn’t bother to even glance his way, spurned a spark of anger, and his jaw clenched, before his eyes went to the fire at the hearth. The warm glow residing on Zuriel’s mane. The stillness of Belial, with only his ears flicking back and forth. They’d had this conversation before. It hadn’t been easy then, and he hadn’t believed it’d needed repeating.
With a heavy breath revoking his own motionless stance, he snagged at what he knew. “From what I was told, Gideon, a priest from the Order, attacked Sam. Sam must have fought back, and they both lost their lives.” A pause, so she could digest the information as it came – the notions of Samuel just gone, even after years since they all lingered together in the Grounds, had been a surprise. “This led to Edrei, Amun, Wessex, and Nate attacking Stormbreak, with Ronin defending the city. The Tower was toppled, and quite a few perished. Edrei is dead, Nate is gone, and I am not certain what consequences will be rendered thereafter.” If any at all; time was on a constant, swinging march. “I just want you to be careful.” Because things were volatile – even if Kiada had always been a stickler for survival.
With a heavy breath revoking his own motionless stance, he snagged at what he knew. “From what I was told, Gideon, a priest from the Order, attacked Sam. Sam must have fought back, and they both lost their lives.” A pause, so she could digest the information as it came – the notions of Samuel just gone, even after years since they all lingered together in the Grounds, had been a surprise. “This led to Edrei, Amun, Wessex, and Nate attacking Stormbreak, with Ronin defending the city. The Tower was toppled, and quite a few perished. Edrei is dead, Nate is gone, and I am not certain what consequences will be rendered thereafter.” If any at all; time was on a constant, swinging march. “I just want you to be careful.” Because things were volatile – even if Kiada had always been a stickler for survival.
watch your body pull itself back together
then let your soul do the same
then let your soul do the same
