somewhere my lifeline still hums and sings; Kilter/Raeg'n and Any

[Carwyn]

Carwyn

Folded wings into flattening veins and fluttering eyes

Of anything she was expecting to find here, a familiar face that wasn’t Brennen or Cassady wasn’t on the top of the list. But it is a pleasant surprise, and she turns to Raeg’n with a bright smile, and turns the same friendly expression to the boy at her side, committing his name as well to memory. “Raeg’n,” she nods, and offers the same greeting to him, “Ruan.” She tilts her head then, listening to them and preparing to answer the question, but she doesn’t immediately have the chance.

The next to join them, the dark-and-white mare, is not as friendly. Carwyn understands – clearly they have invaded on her territory – and she eyes the mare with a little bit of wariness in her body and her gaze. Surely she is not mistaken – this is the place that Djinni had told him to come, the land of rocks and ocean, and if Brennen was invited to live with the former Amazons, surely a mare would be doubly as welcome. Still, she doesn’t have a chance to respond to Nayl’s questions either, turning again to look at the pale mare and the dark feline cub on her back.

My, what a diverse group they are now. Carwyn shifts uncomfortably, looking around the group, not immune to the hostility (however mild) that they are extending towards Raeg’n and Ruan, and uncertain if it applies to her as well. Perhaps she can diffuse the situation? “I’m Carwyn,” she introduces herself to Nayl and to the nameless mare, smiling at them as well as she had Raeg’n and Ruan. “I am coming to seek a home here – my grandfather, Brennen, said that he had been invited by Djinni. He thought my sister and I would be welcome as well.” For a moment her blue eyes linger on Nayl, questioning.

She is not yet attached to the place, one way or another, though she thinks it is beautiful from what she saw from the sky. But it was nice to think of having a real home, a place not the Meadow to live. And moreover, she knows that if she and Cassady are not welcome, Brennen will not stay. And her grandfather is a shadow of his former self with no land to serve, and Carwyn was so glad for that to change for him, it hurts her heart to imagine him going back to being homeless again so soon.

Somewhere my lifeline still hums and sings
In the mess of all I have thrown away

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