K O A
and they will shake their heads
and wag their bony fingers
and wag their bony fingers
Oh. Oh no. Koa pauses in his petting as a change comes over Soh, the playful conversation treading dangerously into serious, soulful waters. He hadn't meant to pry open old wounds, and he can feel his eyes growing wider in appalled sympathy as she tells her story, bares her wound for him. He feels terribly guilty for making her think about it, and he feels sympathy for how lonely it must have been, and he feels sad for his own losses, and he feels awe at her strength.
Pipsqueak, more emotionally intelligent than her companion, scoots herself closer to Sohalia. Still purring, the dragonling rolls over to display her belly - a true act of comfort, and a rare privilege - while pressing her face to her new friend's hand.
Unsure of what else to do, Koa moves his hand to Sohalia's, letting his calloused fingers squeeze gently over hers. "I'm sorry, Soh," he says sincerely, copper eyes warm as they seek her grey. He doesn't know what else to say, so he says the thing he's tried to believe of his own mother, since she died: "I'm sure they're proud of who you are now." Another squeeze: he means it, sincerely, for what little that's worth. Not of himself, but for her? Who wouldn't be proud?
Pipsqueak, more emotionally intelligent than her companion, scoots herself closer to Sohalia. Still purring, the dragonling rolls over to display her belly - a true act of comfort, and a rare privilege - while pressing her face to her new friend's hand.
Unsure of what else to do, Koa moves his hand to Sohalia's, letting his calloused fingers squeeze gently over hers. "I'm sorry, Soh," he says sincerely, copper eyes warm as they seek her grey. He doesn't know what else to say, so he says the thing he's tried to believe of his own mother, since she died: "I'm sure they're proud of who you are now." Another squeeze: he means it, sincerely, for what little that's worth. Not of himself, but for her? Who wouldn't be proud?
in all the wrong directions—
and by daybreak we'll be gone
and by daybreak we'll be gone
