You have so much of everything but still you wanted more
Perhaps this was a little dangerous. Perhaps they should not be getting so close, after revealing so much. Maybe she should not be doing this. But Sah's hand was warm in hers, and his curiosity made her bold. So she opened the pathway to a place elsewhere, and nudged her chin to the shimmer that started up in the air. Gently pulling him along by the hand, Seren backed into it. One step at a time, until she slowly began to disappear.
"It's safe," she promised him. "It won't hurt. Just follow me." And she led him from a cold, dark Halo night...
...into another night, somewhere far off and very close. Not cold, nor warm. Sands shifted beneath their feet instead of snow, silky soft and so pale that it might as well be moon-dust. A sigh of waves rolled in against a long, gently curving beach, and over their heads stars spanned endlessly, with no horizon in sight. So close did the stars seem, that if a hand was extended upwards, they appeared to hover just above the fingertips. Just out of reach.
Curious items lay scattered in the sand like washed up treasure. Clothes and common household items mingled next to seashells and pearls, 'borrowed' and pilfered training equipment, an empty jar and a large tray of whitewashed wood inlaid with mirror mosaic. At the center of the small island a mound had been heaped over something that was no longer visible, and nearby a gargantuan bone from some large monster jutted out. Piles of books, stacks of parchment, bags and spare shoes and every item thinkable heaped into piles... that somehow managed to look interesting, rather than simply messy.
Guiding her friend through the gateway, Seren allowed it to close behind them. Lilly and Umbra would have to take care of themselves for a while... for now, she could only host one person at a time. And all her focus was on Sah, to see what he might think of this small miracle.
"Welcome to my island," she said simply.
"It's safe," she promised him. "It won't hurt. Just follow me." And she led him from a cold, dark Halo night...
...into another night, somewhere far off and very close. Not cold, nor warm. Sands shifted beneath their feet instead of snow, silky soft and so pale that it might as well be moon-dust. A sigh of waves rolled in against a long, gently curving beach, and over their heads stars spanned endlessly, with no horizon in sight. So close did the stars seem, that if a hand was extended upwards, they appeared to hover just above the fingertips. Just out of reach.
Curious items lay scattered in the sand like washed up treasure. Clothes and common household items mingled next to seashells and pearls, 'borrowed' and pilfered training equipment, an empty jar and a large tray of whitewashed wood inlaid with mirror mosaic. At the center of the small island a mound had been heaped over something that was no longer visible, and nearby a gargantuan bone from some large monster jutted out. Piles of books, stacks of parchment, bags and spare shoes and every item thinkable heaped into piles... that somehow managed to look interesting, rather than simply messy.
Guiding her friend through the gateway, Seren allowed it to close behind them. Lilly and Umbra would have to take care of themselves for a while... for now, she could only host one person at a time. And all her focus was on Sah, to see what he might think of this small miracle.
"Welcome to my island," she said simply.
Seren
