[private] i leave you my dust and bones; Raed

[Osyva]

For two years she has had her mother and the forest creatures for company. The chitter of squirrels, the sing-song voice of the bird, the rustle of the tiny mouse - and always, always the thoughts of her mother. But their forest home was quiet compared to this. There are others here, and their thoughts are deafening to the young mind reader.  She staggers, her mind overrun. Then, she closes her eyes and slowly the world grows distant - as if the voices were underwater. She breathes and everything drowns into silence. Silence. And then a familiar blue. Her doe eyes flutter open. She knows who he is because she has seen him before in her mother’s fevered dreams. “Look.” she whispers softly. Osyva’s breath catches in her throat as his blue form materializes. There is a mixture of gladness - pure joy that manifests as the soft glow of her skin as he approaches- and anxiety. “Osyva.” he says with a gentle touch, and she breathes. They smell of deep forest - of mushrooms growing from ancient trees and sweet pine. They’ve been gone for so long. He casts that storm gray gaze at their daughter, and Osyva cannot help the smile that traces the lines of her velvet lips, nor the pang of guilt that seizes her chest. “Hello, Raed.” the young girl returns. He is a little different than the images her mother’s mind had conjured up in the depths of the night, but perhaps it is the light, or perhaps it is that flesh is different than memory. “My name is Odelia. It is nice to meet you...” finally. She smiles. Osyva watches them carefully, silently. How she has longed for this moment. How strange it is to finally be standing here. She brushes her nose against the crook of his neck. “I don’t know what to say.” she whispers against his skin before pulling away. “I am sorry.”

@[Raed]