DEIMOS
the fire can't touch me
for I have burned too many times
for I have burned too many times
These aspects were familiar and comfortable; days and seasons and years of the formidable nature rising up, taking prowess and prestige. Moments of clarity, of old lives varnished and lacquered, beat into the back of his mind, and he often wondered if he could infiltrate these wakes for an eternity – swing a blade, muster instruction, ensure the rest of the world could tackle their own demons. Then there were following instances where he knew he couldn’t – that lives didn’t so often play in the games they favored.
Best to savor the now.
Her armor and elbow came to hover near his nose on a triumphant angle, and he laughed. Not a loud, exuberant burst, but something beyond the usual, quiet muffling, shaking his head in the amusement. A nod infiltrated once more as he stepped away, out of the potential broken limbs compartment. “Potent,” he chuckled out the compliment, before tilting his cranium, pondering other aspects and ideals. “What about a downward strike?” And from there, he swung forward, intending for her abdomen – so that she might find a threshold to block the blade, and slide over the top of the armament.
Best to savor the now.
Her armor and elbow came to hover near his nose on a triumphant angle, and he laughed. Not a loud, exuberant burst, but something beyond the usual, quiet muffling, shaking his head in the amusement. A nod infiltrated once more as he stepped away, out of the potential broken limbs compartment. “Potent,” he chuckled out the compliment, before tilting his cranium, pondering other aspects and ideals. “What about a downward strike?” And from there, he swung forward, intending for her abdomen – so that she might find a threshold to block the blade, and slide over the top of the armament.
the sea can't harm me
for I have been drowning all my life
for I have been drowning all my life
