i reach out to my lifeline, the angels laugh in paradise
El quite literally could not believe what they were seeing. For a moment after Sohalia had called for their attention and told them to look, El could make no sense of what she was talking about. When they looked out, all they could see was the same pretty meadow, grass and flowers swaying, sunlight brightening and enhancing the color.
Then, they spotted something that they almost mistook as a trick of the light, a mirage, but when they looked again, the form had clarified, and it was that of a pearly white horse. An animal as beautiful as that was enough of a gift for El, but then, they noticed a pair of strange protrusions from its forehead. It took a second for them to realize that they were, indeed, a pair of horns, one slightly longer than the other. And the tail was no ordinary horse tail, but that of a lion, tufted at the end.
An inexplicable warmth bloomed in the middle of El's chest that they could not explain nor understand. It felt safe, however. It felt like the comfort of home, the warmth of a hearth. It filled El with such a sense of peace that they had never felt before, a stillness, as if time itself had stopped in the presence of such a magnificent creature. The ache in their limbs began to subside, and the tension in their muscles melted. The unicorn didn't seem to notice El nor Sohalia, and just bent its neck gracefully down to the ground to graze.
El blinked, and only then did they notice that their eyes had filled with water. They didn't know why; they weren't feeling sad at all, just...overwhelmed with that beautiful feeling. "I didn't know they were actually real," they said too quietly, fearing that if they spoke above a whisper, the beautiful image would dissipate.
Then, they spotted something that they almost mistook as a trick of the light, a mirage, but when they looked again, the form had clarified, and it was that of a pearly white horse. An animal as beautiful as that was enough of a gift for El, but then, they noticed a pair of strange protrusions from its forehead. It took a second for them to realize that they were, indeed, a pair of horns, one slightly longer than the other. And the tail was no ordinary horse tail, but that of a lion, tufted at the end.
An inexplicable warmth bloomed in the middle of El's chest that they could not explain nor understand. It felt safe, however. It felt like the comfort of home, the warmth of a hearth. It filled El with such a sense of peace that they had never felt before, a stillness, as if time itself had stopped in the presence of such a magnificent creature. The ache in their limbs began to subside, and the tension in their muscles melted. The unicorn didn't seem to notice El nor Sohalia, and just bent its neck gracefully down to the ground to graze.
El blinked, and only then did they notice that their eyes had filled with water. They didn't know why; they weren't feeling sad at all, just...overwhelmed with that beautiful feeling. "I didn't know they were actually real," they said too quietly, fearing that if they spoke above a whisper, the beautiful image would dissipate.
they say i am my own lifeline
ELEFTHERIA
