S E I J I
A furrow appears between his brows as they draw together. Not quite a frown, but an expression of concentration. There is too much — too much — inside his head for him to settle down. He wants to trust this calm man and the solidity of facts, but he also wants to wake up and find this is all a strange dream.
Caido, he thinks, but doesn't repeat. His eyes flicker from the man back to the shadows around them. Back to the man. Shivering, he rubs his palms against the thin fabric covering his sides. Absently, he nods. And then words come out: "Okura Seiji." Low, as if he speaks it to himself. That is his name, he finds with a minor jolt of surprise. Seiji. It feels like slipping on an old glove.
Now he settles just a little, though the shivering refuses to let up. "A settlement?" he asks dumbly. "Houses?" His eyes skate the trees, finding no lights amongst the branches. He doesn't speak again, but his manner conveys: the devastating confusion, the utter lack of sense in this situation. In this place. He doesn't even think to ask the stranger's name.
A furrow appears between his brows as they draw together. Not quite a frown, but an expression of concentration. There is too much — too much — inside his head for him to settle down. He wants to trust this calm man and the solidity of facts, but he also wants to wake up and find this is all a strange dream.
Caido, he thinks, but doesn't repeat. His eyes flicker from the man back to the shadows around them. Back to the man. Shivering, he rubs his palms against the thin fabric covering his sides. Absently, he nods. And then words come out: "Okura Seiji." Low, as if he speaks it to himself. That is his name, he finds with a minor jolt of surprise. Seiji. It feels like slipping on an old glove.
Now he settles just a little, though the shivering refuses to let up. "A settlement?" he asks dumbly. "Houses?" His eyes skate the trees, finding no lights amongst the branches. He doesn't speak again, but his manner conveys: the devastating confusion, the utter lack of sense in this situation. In this place. He doesn't even think to ask the stranger's name.
The rain is full
of ghosts tonight
of ghosts tonight
