09-16-2016, 01:50 PM
"No," she replies. The Desert is gone - she is sure of it. Even stripped and barren as she is, Djinni knows that her birthland is gone. She used to feel it, a warm stone resting in her chest, but now there is only emptiness there.
She could fill that space, she thinks.
She won't though. She wouldn't dare.
Blinking, she looks at the the children as they ask her about the new lands. What does she think? She's never seen them. She'd have to...she'd have to walk there. Walking. What a strange idea. She's only ended up here because she's wandered downhill from the Mountain. The absence of her shimmering gold feels suddenly all too obvious, and Djinni shrugs her white shoulders in a futile gesture.
"I'm not sure yet," she replies. "I've not seen any of them. Have you?"
She could fill that space, she thinks.
She won't though. She wouldn't dare.
Blinking, she looks at the the children as they ask her about the new lands. What does she think? She's never seen them. She'd have to...she'd have to walk there. Walking. What a strange idea. She's only ended up here because she's wandered downhill from the Mountain. The absence of her shimmering gold feels suddenly all too obvious, and Djinni shrugs her white shoulders in a futile gesture.
"I'm not sure yet," she replies. "I've not seen any of them. Have you?"
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