all my scars have got a tune
He sets up the targets, setting the bag to the side and out of the way, rounding out back toward Aurelia with that same, hard edge to his gaze. Her words are softer, and his head tilts, a half smile though it feels forced, creeps up along his face. “What? No, I do want to.” He tells her, meaning every word of it, the honesty dripping from his tone.
“There… Was a probl’m up on Aumakua. Had t’talk t’Zeph.” He doesn’t want to tell her the rumor right away, not with how he knows she’s friends with him – that the attuned could turn like this on those he’s closest to. It makes him worry for her, but Zeph had assured him that the death demi-god had been called, that things would be figured out and rightened again soon enough.
Still didn’t help the sinking pit in his stomach. “Start with yer breathin’.” He instructs her, moving to stand beside her, making a count of his breaths as he focuses on the magic that stirs within him.
“There… Was a probl’m up on Aumakua. Had t’talk t’Zeph.” He doesn’t want to tell her the rumor right away, not with how he knows she’s friends with him – that the attuned could turn like this on those he’s closest to. It makes him worry for her, but Zeph had assured him that the death demi-god had been called, that things would be figured out and rightened again soon enough.
Still didn’t help the sinking pit in his stomach. “Start with yer breathin’.” He instructs her, moving to stand beside her, making a count of his breaths as he focuses on the magic that stirs within him.
there's a fire in my heart
and i can't stop it burning down
and i can't stop it burning down
MILO
