KORBIN
Leave my loneliness unbroken!
- quit the bust above my door!
- quit the bust above my door!
The raven did not slow down. It heard her, clearly, if the swell and surge of the bond was any indication. But rather than recognition or any hint of affection - now why would the bird hold feelings of that sort towards this creature? - the fear only surged, swelling in horror as though the pursuer was some blood-toothed monster from a nightmare. Not a simple bat.
The strongest reaction came when the name was repeated. It elicited another burst of speed from the raven, although it was already going as fast as it could. Fatigue was starting to set in. Meager chest muscles burned with the pace, and the cold air felt like ice in heaving lungs, but that did not stop it from pressing on. Mountains loomed on the horizon, tall and forbidding; when clouds began to gather overhead, the avian raised the beak upwards and began to climb, higher. Reaching for whatever cover it might find.
Please - "No! Leave."
It wanted nothing more than to disappear. To escape everything this pleading pursuer threatened to dredge up. Not safe... must not think, must not recall.
The strongest reaction came when the name was repeated. It elicited another burst of speed from the raven, although it was already going as fast as it could. Fatigue was starting to set in. Meager chest muscles burned with the pace, and the cold air felt like ice in heaving lungs, but that did not stop it from pressing on. Mountains loomed on the horizon, tall and forbidding; when clouds began to gather overhead, the avian raised the beak upwards and began to climb, higher. Reaching for whatever cover it might find.
Please - "No! Leave."
It wanted nothing more than to disappear. To escape everything this pleading pursuer threatened to dredge up. Not safe... must not think, must not recall.
Quoth the Raven,
"Nevermore."
"Nevermore."
