Who am I, that the morning star would light the way for my wandering heart?
Light on her feet, the young soldier had no trouble keeping up with the sway. The trick was to keep moving, as she had learned on a similarly precarious path, and trust that the footing would continue to hold. But not everyone was as daring as her, so when the warning call sounded from up ahead, she slowed down. Ducking beneath Umbra's latest swoop, she waved back at the figure of a woman approaching, and smiled cheerfully in greeting.
"Sorry, we will be," she said, when they were close enough that she wouldn't have to shout. "I hope we did not startle you too bad." Curious eyes, blue as the summer sky above them, darted quickly over the woman, her notebook and the friendly demeanor. "What brings you out here on this fine day?"
Umbra, upon realizing that his playmate had become distracted, let out a warbling trill and began to circle above their heads. Mercury eyes darted between the humans and the wispy clouds over the sea, always on the lookout for something interesting.
"Sorry, we will be," she said, when they were close enough that she wouldn't have to shout. "I hope we did not startle you too bad." Curious eyes, blue as the summer sky above them, darted quickly over the woman, her notebook and the friendly demeanor. "What brings you out here on this fine day?"
Umbra, upon realizing that his playmate had become distracted, let out a warbling trill and began to circle above their heads. Mercury eyes darted between the humans and the wispy clouds over the sea, always on the lookout for something interesting.
Seren
