they promised that dreams come true
She is used to going long periods of time without talking to anyone, and so silence has become her best friend. Ori is prone to drawing in on herself, living in fantasy worlds or simply in solitude. It’s probably not the healthiest lifestyle, and yet, she finds herself coming back to it often anyway. It works for her, at least in some regard, and for now, that’s enough. Though she has enjoyed coming back to the real world, to real conversations with horses made of flesh and blood and not of imagination and magic.
He is silent for a few moments, the waves keeping the time for them. She doesn’t mind the long pause, enjoying the view of the sea and the waves that lap at their hooves and the rolling dark clouds. When he does speak, she turns her attention back to him and offers a soft smile at his words. There’s something reassuring in the realization that she’s not the only one who feels this way, not the only one who simply longs for a place for no discernable reason. For all its bad memories, Silver Cove is home.
The rain finds them then, cold and shocking, though she doesn’t mind it. His next question takes her by surprise, though why exactly, she isn’t sure. ”Could…” she begins, tentative and shy. All traces of her bravery have fled, leaving in its wake the girl she really is: timid and scared and lonely. ”Could I stay? I would love to come home.” She practically breathes the last bit and it’s entirely possible the sea breeze will whip it away before it ever reaches Chemdog’s ears.
Maybe home was what she’d been searching for all along.
His grin turns playful now, and she notes the smoke that rises from him, the serpent that slithers around his legs. Her smile widens as well and her eyes turn to the sea, rough and choppy with the growing storm. But for all her timidity, Oriash has never been afraid. Not of the sea, not of the sky, not of the things that might hurt. ”A swim,” she says with that playful grin, and before he can answer she canters forward into the choppy surf.
but they forgot that nightmares are dreams too
@Chemdog worth the wait <3
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