Melita
they should have checked the ashes
of the women they burned alive
of the women they burned alive
Melita rolled her eyes, continuing to shuffle along the stones and knoll, figuring getting through his thick skull wouldn’t amount to much. The second statement though caught her off-guard, brow furrowing slightly, head jerking back to glare at him. “Of course I do.” With other people who were fun – not smug little shits.
Not needing or requiring the memory mud or snow explanation – she could surmise it pretty well on her own, she shivered once more, and pretended as if she’d been skating all her life, adapting a very lofty air, nose shifting towards the sky. “Oh, I watched for a little bit. Quick learner.” Forgoing how she and Flora had made an entire mess of things and been amused by it all, one hand went back to Sila on her shoulder. “Well, I’m headed back. Need to get out of this shit,” broadly waving another hand in a gesture over the snow, rime, and whatever else was clinging to her feet.
She kicked at a few more rocks, sending them towards Talyson. “Try those,” echoed alongside the pebbles and wares, before she intended to stomp away.
Not needing or requiring the memory mud or snow explanation – she could surmise it pretty well on her own, she shivered once more, and pretended as if she’d been skating all her life, adapting a very lofty air, nose shifting towards the sky. “Oh, I watched for a little bit. Quick learner.” Forgoing how she and Flora had made an entire mess of things and been amused by it all, one hand went back to Sila on her shoulder. “Well, I’m headed back. Need to get out of this shit,” broadly waving another hand in a gesture over the snow, rime, and whatever else was clinging to her feet.
She kicked at a few more rocks, sending them towards Talyson. “Try those,” echoed alongside the pebbles and wares, before she intended to stomp away.
because it takes a single wild ember
to bring a whole wildfire to life
to bring a whole wildfire to life
