Surprised and thrilled, Arialla said, her mental smile creeping into her telepathic voice. We always considered dolphins good luck, at home -- my father's a fisherman, and he particularly liked them. So becoming one ... It was a lot of fun.
And it still was a lot of fun; if Arialla took any joy these days, it was in her shifts, in the freedom they afforded her, the eagle's flight and the dolphin's swimming. She felt more comfortable in their bodies than in her own skin, really. A great gift that Safrin had given her.
I didn't know snakes could climb trees at all, Arialla added. She didn't say that she might need a tiny, venomous bodyguard someday, that such protection would have come in handy on one night in particular -- she didn't want to bring down the mood with her dark thoughts. I wonder if you could partially shift that venom, if you had to bite someone. Oops, that was pretty dark, too.
And it still was a lot of fun; if Arialla took any joy these days, it was in her shifts, in the freedom they afforded her, the eagle's flight and the dolphin's swimming. She felt more comfortable in their bodies than in her own skin, really. A great gift that Safrin had given her.
I didn't know snakes could climb trees at all, Arialla added. She didn't say that she might need a tiny, venomous bodyguard someday, that such protection would have come in handy on one night in particular -- she didn't want to bring down the mood with her dark thoughts. I wonder if you could partially shift that venom, if you had to bite someone. Oops, that was pretty dark, too.
Arialla
Freedom. Flight. Grace. Keen-sight.
"Golden Eagle - Mongolia" by carfull...from Wyoming is licensed with CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
