LENA
look at me I am weightless
Words and warnings slipped through her mind like a rushing stream; yearning for it to babble past her lips and out into the air, but fear kept them tightly tucked, caught in a net. When Everest seemed unbothered or ignorant, her hands shook further, and to hear of Sohalia’s role, of stepping down, of saying nothing to her council, of this person being in charge of their region –
She barely swallowed down the bile, and thought to be strong, facing the unknown and danger with something akin to emboldened prey.
Only for her eyes to widen far more when Anju began – voicing everything she was far too frightened to say. But gods, the bluntness, the cold lines of truth – her gaze flickered back and forth between Dahlia and Dragoon, waiting for something else to drop while her fingers trembled and she fought down so many other oaths. So meeting steadfastness with whatever was left in her spine, the Caretaker lifted her chin, following suit on Anju’s heels. “And I would like to know your intentions towards Stormbreak. How do you aim to make it better?”
Or simply a tool, a cog in the machine, of this enigmatic force?
She barely swallowed down the bile, and thought to be strong, facing the unknown and danger with something akin to emboldened prey.
Only for her eyes to widen far more when Anju began – voicing everything she was far too frightened to say. But gods, the bluntness, the cold lines of truth – her gaze flickered back and forth between Dahlia and Dragoon, waiting for something else to drop while her fingers trembled and she fought down so many other oaths. So meeting steadfastness with whatever was left in her spine, the Caretaker lifted her chin, following suit on Anju’s heels. “And I would like to know your intentions towards Stormbreak. How do you aim to make it better?”
Or simply a tool, a cog in the machine, of this enigmatic force?
freedom; petrichor and flower petals
