// we stood, steady as the stars in the woods, so happy-hearted
and the warmth rang true inside these bones, as the old pine fell we sang //
and the warmth rang true inside these bones, as the old pine fell we sang //
The term ’little star’ had always been enough to make Azrael preen under their father’s support and pride. It does the same here, too, the grin spreading across their face is nothing short of loving and happiness, content and pleased to be helpful and useful, in gathering their thoughts to make the Grounds into a better place become a reality.
But the grin falters, as it’s wan to do, shifting so that they might be able to rest their arm in their father’s soothing touch as the topic of the conversation starts to shift toward something dark and sad, and it’s clear in the way their gaze almost dims, the brightness snuffed away by the harsh reality. “Me?” They whisper, lips forming a frown as they peer at their father, uncertainty lingering in their gaze. He explains quickly but it still leaves them rather unsure of what to say.
They absorb everything Bastien tells them with absolute attention, chewing at their lower lip before they’re nodding – committing the warning to memory. “What else is there?” What else could be worse than an entire organization out to murder just one poor soul?
But the grin falters, as it’s wan to do, shifting so that they might be able to rest their arm in their father’s soothing touch as the topic of the conversation starts to shift toward something dark and sad, and it’s clear in the way their gaze almost dims, the brightness snuffed away by the harsh reality. “Me?” They whisper, lips forming a frown as they peer at their father, uncertainty lingering in their gaze. He explains quickly but it still leaves them rather unsure of what to say.
They absorb everything Bastien tells them with absolute attention, chewing at their lower lip before they’re nodding – committing the warning to memory. “What else is there?” What else could be worse than an entire organization out to murder just one poor soul?
Azrael
