HARPER
Whatever hesitations she may feel, Harper does not intrude upon them. They have hours of twilight ahead of them, and he doubts they'll be sleeping any time soon. If there is anything she wants to share with him, she knows - now more than ever - that he is there to listen.
"I was," he chuckles, recalling his mother's retelling of the tale, and how she had done it multiple times whenever he aggrieved her as a child. "Luckily it wasn't a painful birth, as we only had basic first aid. They took me to see a doctor after the birth, but there wasn't any time - my mom used to say I was too eager to come." Something she would groan about time and again as Harper would race around causing all sorts of trouble.
Her grin is like sunshine, and Harper instinctively turns his face towards it in much the same manner. Basking in its warmth and glow. His own rises to meet it at her exuberance, at the recognition that she previously hadn't displayed, especially over a creature he holds so close to his heart. "We had a small family of them, yeah. They were amazing. Incredibly intelligent, and very gentle for their size. They would grab me around my stomach with their trunks and heft me around wherever they wanted." Fondness echoes in every word, recalling these beautiful animals who had been mother, father, and babysitter alike in his youth. "Have you seen them before then?" Her recognition had been unmistakable.
"I was," he chuckles, recalling his mother's retelling of the tale, and how she had done it multiple times whenever he aggrieved her as a child. "Luckily it wasn't a painful birth, as we only had basic first aid. They took me to see a doctor after the birth, but there wasn't any time - my mom used to say I was too eager to come." Something she would groan about time and again as Harper would race around causing all sorts of trouble.
Her grin is like sunshine, and Harper instinctively turns his face towards it in much the same manner. Basking in its warmth and glow. His own rises to meet it at her exuberance, at the recognition that she previously hadn't displayed, especially over a creature he holds so close to his heart. "We had a small family of them, yeah. They were amazing. Incredibly intelligent, and very gentle for their size. They would grab me around my stomach with their trunks and heft me around wherever they wanted." Fondness echoes in every word, recalling these beautiful animals who had been mother, father, and babysitter alike in his youth. "Have you seen them before then?" Her recognition had been unmistakable.
this is your ocean, an ocean of night
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