You know I'm a wild sea // Alcinder

[Alcinder]

A L C I N D E R

i go to seek a great perhaps

Alcinder lay on his back in the salty, prickly grasses of Loess with his wings unfurled to press their topsides to the earth and his lanky legs pulled into his body. He watches a vulture circle overhead, a black silhouette against the stark cloudless blue sky. The avian paints its shadow against Alcinder's face whenever it reaches the top of its circle and continues this predictable pattern for as long as the blue-and-white colt watches it.

"Don't you get bored, flying in circles all day?" the young boy calls to the bird with a tone akin to angry curiosity ─ his Mama had shared her secret with him, that he had inherited her special power, but now it hurts his tiny chest to think about her and it manifests as anger.

Don't you get bored watching? the vulture calls back in return.

Alcinder pins his small ears to the crest of his head and promptly pulls his wings back to his sides before barrel-rolling onto his legs. He lay here, legs curled beneath his small body, as Cormorant reveals himself from behind the crest of a nearby foothill.

"Hey Mo," he returns his friend's greeting with a smile that is both genuine and forced, "I'm doing... okay." He pauses, but finds what he considers to be an appropriate explanation. The blue-and-white colt closes the distance between he and his finned friend before wrapping his head around Cormorant's aqua-striped neck.

If there is one thing he has inherited that his mother wonders about, its his desire to show affection whenever possible.

"I'm glad you made it back safe, Mo. I didn't like it there."



@[Cormorant]
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