FOX
You can take the boy out of the Ascended, but you can't take the Ascended out of the boy.
It makes zero sense, but it's still the soundbite that plays over and over in Fox's mind as he heads south out of the Hollowed Grounds with rations in his pack and sturdy boots on his feet. He forgoes any heavier layers - or indeed any layers at all, given the season - and so as the days wear on and his trip takes him down into King's End, it's with new freckles on the bridge of his nose and a deepening tan developing along his bare shoulders.
Shifting his pack on his shoulders, he only realises he must have reached the Barrows when, you know, the barrows start to appear. Letting out a long sigh that puffs out his stubbled cheeks, he plops down on a nearby boulder to take a rest. And to watch.
Watch for what, you ask?
He's heard tell of another Ascended living around these parts; perhaps the only one left now. And while Fox isn't to know that said Ascended has already joined the ranks of Ancients (Isla would be very amused to meet him and confirm this, no doubt), he's heedless to tug at that thread once he's noticed it start to fray.
It makes zero sense, but it's still the soundbite that plays over and over in Fox's mind as he heads south out of the Hollowed Grounds with rations in his pack and sturdy boots on his feet. He forgoes any heavier layers - or indeed any layers at all, given the season - and so as the days wear on and his trip takes him down into King's End, it's with new freckles on the bridge of his nose and a deepening tan developing along his bare shoulders.
Shifting his pack on his shoulders, he only realises he must have reached the Barrows when, you know, the barrows start to appear. Letting out a long sigh that puffs out his stubbled cheeks, he plops down on a nearby boulder to take a rest. And to watch.
Watch for what, you ask?
He's heard tell of another Ascended living around these parts; perhaps the only one left now. And while Fox isn't to know that said Ascended has already joined the ranks of Ancients (Isla would be very amused to meet him and confirm this, no doubt), he's heedless to tug at that thread once he's noticed it start to fray.
astra inclinant, sed non obligant
