May your past be the sound
He rose soon after she vacated his lap, happy she was feeling well enough to stand and get moving again, but also strangely reluctant to let her go - he missed her nearness. But he stayed close, taking her hand when it was offered and returning the squeeze, intertwining their fingers and letting himself be directed to home, refusing to let his thoughts linger too long on how he didn't know where home physically was for him.He was with her, and as long as that was true, he was home.
"They're wonderful," he said, giving into her need for a distraction, for a new topic to take the focus away from the pain, the grief, the sorrow. "Very different to Halo," he added with a soft chuckle, as they walked. The Grounds had farmland, animals and agriculture aplenty, making it vastly different to the frozen tundra of Halo, with its scrappy animals and non-existent agricultural systems.
"I don't think I'd find it too hard to build a life here," he hummed thoughtfully, almost to himself, a smirk lingering on his lips.
of your feet upon the ground
CHULANE