DEIMOS
Ease gives way in the pinnacle of his shoulders, where they didn’t have to carry the weight of scorching legions or brandished, mercurial happenstances; free to relax in the shape and concentration of calculations. Why this was more of a comforting expanse than any other manifestation was not lost on him; giving him something to do, rather than a blatant call to arms, rather than brood and seethe. A moving forward, instead of sitting idle and trapping himself within the walls of shame, humiliation, and regret.
They couldn’t afford it now anyway.
“You are right.” And with a very juvenile, childish grin, he made several other marks upon the sides, chopping off whatever had been lined there in half. “Is that more suitable?”
Unaware of how his offer, because it was eternally there for her, and the dwindling number of friends he seemed to hold, was inwardly received, the monolith proceeded onward once the paper was returned. There within, Deimos notched and needled several more factors, tilting his head in deep thought, when her voice hastened back through, when her hand came to his elbow.
Reassurance – that not all was lost. And the monolith could do the same for her. “Likewise.” Wherever they managed to end up. Portions and pieces of home in one another; even if he’d always known one couldn’t make shelters out of people, even if he’d strived to do that for her, and so many others, regardless of the sacrifices.
They couldn’t afford it now anyway.
“You are right.” And with a very juvenile, childish grin, he made several other marks upon the sides, chopping off whatever had been lined there in half. “Is that more suitable?”
Unaware of how his offer, because it was eternally there for her, and the dwindling number of friends he seemed to hold, was inwardly received, the monolith proceeded onward once the paper was returned. There within, Deimos notched and needled several more factors, tilting his head in deep thought, when her voice hastened back through, when her hand came to his elbow.
Reassurance – that not all was lost. And the monolith could do the same for her. “Likewise.” Wherever they managed to end up. Portions and pieces of home in one another; even if he’d always known one couldn’t make shelters out of people, even if he’d strived to do that for her, and so many others, regardless of the sacrifices.
i'm in the mood to dissolve in the sky
