Oriash
they promised that dreams can come true
She laughs at his response, pretending to be unimpressed though she can tell he is. Still, she plays along, pretending to pout and swatting at him with a wing tip briefly. And then his smile falters, if only for an instant, and she wants to know why. There are things he doesn’t tell her, she knows. And maybe they aren’t her business but she wants them to be. She wants him to tell her, she wants to be the one he can confide in.
She’s not sure why this is so important to her. Maybe simply because she is, in truth, her only real friend. How sad. Ori did not make friends easily, but he had been there for her most of her life. He’d pushed her when she hadn’t even known she’d needed the push and she wants to be there for him.
But instead he hides the truth, keeps it tucked beneath a wing and too tight for her to find. Instead he suggests a race to Icicle Island, and before she can agree or disagree he is threatening that the loser has to eat snow and taking off. There is no chance to think more on it, no chance to ask him to trust her.
Like she always does, she shrugs it off. Like she always does, she is complacent and quiet. She takes off, glad in this moment he is a slower flier, hoping it’ll give her the chance to catch up.
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@[Pteron] Do you want to start a new thread for them in Icicle Isle in the near future?
but they forgot that nightmares are dreams too.
Use of mild power playing is allowed; no injuries without permission