Aurelia
and that the world is always our fault
when we did nothing, how did we do wrong?
when we did nothing, how did we do wrong?
A man materialized from the crowd with a question, seeming to aim it toward her. Unlike many other people around them, Aurelia and this man appeared to be traveling alone. She straightened up and regarded him, his scruffy and unassuming appearance. For a moment, she wondered why he wasn't with anyone. But her suspicion only reached her eyes for a brief moment of consideration before she let go of the idea that this guy was any sort of threat. He seemed alright, if just to be another person to bounce her thoughts off of.
"No, never," she said, resting her hands on her hips with a shrug. "Nothing with this much personality, anyway. I think it's some sort of... pine tree." Glancing around at the other faces around them, no one else seemed to be any more knowledgeable on this than she was. If they were, they weren't sharing the information. "All I know is that it wasn't here yesterday."
And then, as Aurelia fixed her eyes on it again, it seemed to stretch and suddenly grow. The fact that she could see a cone sprout along one of the branches made her brows scrunch together. "Did you see that?" She motioned towards it quickly, hoping he would catch it too. Sounds of awe and surprise echoed around them from the crowd, confirming that she was - in fact - not crazy.
"No, never," she said, resting her hands on her hips with a shrug. "Nothing with this much personality, anyway. I think it's some sort of... pine tree." Glancing around at the other faces around them, no one else seemed to be any more knowledgeable on this than she was. If they were, they weren't sharing the information. "All I know is that it wasn't here yesterday."
And then, as Aurelia fixed her eyes on it again, it seemed to stretch and suddenly grow. The fact that she could see a cone sprout along one of the branches made her brows scrunch together. "Did you see that?" She motioned towards it quickly, hoping he would catch it too. Sounds of awe and surprise echoed around them from the crowd, confirming that she was - in fact - not crazy.
and I've been thinking that when we thought
the world would break us, that we weren't wrong
the world would break us, that we weren't wrong
