chrysalis

there's an ocean in my body

there's a river in my soul

Sam laughed, though it was quiet and quickly faded away as his curiosity about the visitor grew. Quiet, polite - and the way that Isla stumbled over the introduction - all of it drew him in. When he finally heard the truth, it didn't make sense; the word Prince bounced around his head, trying to find purchase. Surely she didn't mean the wretched creature they had found in the caves, had chased?

But then the Prince was speaking and confirming it, he was being thanked. The bookmaker blinked a few times, utterly lost for words, then found himself shaking his head. He stepped forward, reached out a hand like he was going to take one of the Princes, then withdrew it. "I...No, no - you shouldn't thank me. I want to apologise. I tried to help, but I only ever seemed to cause you pain. I didn't...know how to do it right. And I had no idea you were-" He gestured up and down. "-That you...would be like this."

if I see a sign in the sky tonight

No one's gonna tell me it's a trick of the light

SAMuEL