HARPER
He laughs softly at her teasing question. "I hoped, honestly. When I met Safrin she said she thought I may be a wolf, but I wonder if I ever did Attune if I'd be some kind of bird first." Harper has been flying without wings since he was born, he can't imagine the euphoria of being able to chase the horizon without fear of falling. In many ways he envies that of her, but something still makes him hesitate when he thinks of calling out to Safrin and asking to be one of her chosen. Though he grins at her when she admits to having jumped before shifting. "It's an incredible experience, isn't it? That was my life every day." Even if she doesn't know what a circus is, maybe she can understand that portion. The exhilaration, the freedom.
"Then you can take all the time you need," he assures confidently, pressing his palm to her back in some sort of facsimile of a hug. "And if it never comes, then you have Deimos and Amalia. And me, of course," he corrects with a cheeky grin. It settles into something more serious, not wanting to make light of her situation when she has trusted him enough to tell him about it in the first place. "I don't know if I'd have the strength to try to reconcile if my parents returned in that way. It makes you very strong."
"Then you can take all the time you need," he assures confidently, pressing his palm to her back in some sort of facsimile of a hug. "And if it never comes, then you have Deimos and Amalia. And me, of course," he corrects with a cheeky grin. It settles into something more serious, not wanting to make light of her situation when she has trusted him enough to tell him about it in the first place. "I don't know if I'd have the strength to try to reconcile if my parents returned in that way. It makes you very strong."
this is your ocean, an ocean of night
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