Aurelia
maybe that's enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity
perhaps wisdom is realizing how small I am, and unwise
perhaps wisdom is realizing how small I am, and unwise
Aurelia was just about to dip down below the surface again, to try to see what was beneath the waves, when suddenly something rubbed against her leg. Something big. Panic made her limbs move before her thoughts could. Snaking her feet out from under her, she whirled around in the water. One of her hands came up in self-defense, to push away any attacking marine animals there might be around her.
Seeing it was actually just another girl, Aurelia blinked in surprise. "Whoa, where did you come from?" Her green eyes glanced down and she spotted the red and white, dangling fins protruding from the other girl's waist.
Aurelia's eyes widened and she slowly back-peddled in the water, until her shoulder bumped against a rock and she clambered up onto it backwards. Pointing down through the waves, all she could manage to say was: "Where the fuck are your legs!?"
Seeing it was actually just another girl, Aurelia blinked in surprise. "Whoa, where did you come from?" Her green eyes glanced down and she spotted the red and white, dangling fins protruding from the other girl's waist.
Aurelia's eyes widened and she slowly back-peddled in the water, until her shoulder bumped against a rock and she clambered up onto it backwards. Pointing down through the waves, all she could manage to say was: "Where the fuck are your legs!?"
and how far I have yet to go
