07-25-2017, 10:10 AM
What do you hear?
Kali kept her eyes closed tight, listening to the sound of the water around them, the wind in her ears, their footsteps. Especially his footsteps. As he moved away from her, it was the surest way for her to follow. You, Khari. I hear you. She listened, and she kept pace with him even as he turned. Over and over again, he turned off course, sometimes just a little, and other times far more sharply. And each time, she listened to the sound of his breathing, the splash of his hooves against the surface of the sea, and she followed.
Are we facing home now?
Ohhhh. Oh, he was tricky. She’d thought the game was just a simple follow the leader, with her eyes closed to keep things interesting. But no, he was far more clever than that, and he trusted her to be too. Probably she would’ve just shrugged and smiled and leaned against him if it were just him being clever. No need to figure it out when he could get her home even with her eyes closed, right? But that he trusted her to be clever, ooooh.
She had to at least try, right?
Eyes still firmly closed, Kali lifted her head, breathing in the salty sea air and letting it wash over her. It was hard to tell from the shape of the waves, the way they rushed past her feet. She swiveled her ears, trying to catch a hint of the ever chattering parrots of their home, but they were already too far out to hear the rainbow birds’ calls. Hmm…the wind. The wind had been blowing toward them when they set out on their venture to visit what lay beyond Taiga. To be facing home, it would have to be blowing from behind them, or at least pretty close to it, right? And it was blowing from the front, chasing the hair off her face instead of blowing it forward across her eyes.
Nope! Home’s behind us, right? Or pretty close to it, at least! Unless the wind changed that much, that fast, we’re definitely not pointing toward home. Did I win?
Kali kept her eyes closed tight, listening to the sound of the water around them, the wind in her ears, their footsteps. Especially his footsteps. As he moved away from her, it was the surest way for her to follow. You, Khari. I hear you. She listened, and she kept pace with him even as he turned. Over and over again, he turned off course, sometimes just a little, and other times far more sharply. And each time, she listened to the sound of his breathing, the splash of his hooves against the surface of the sea, and she followed.
Are we facing home now?
Ohhhh. Oh, he was tricky. She’d thought the game was just a simple follow the leader, with her eyes closed to keep things interesting. But no, he was far more clever than that, and he trusted her to be too. Probably she would’ve just shrugged and smiled and leaned against him if it were just him being clever. No need to figure it out when he could get her home even with her eyes closed, right? But that he trusted her to be clever, ooooh.
She had to at least try, right?
Eyes still firmly closed, Kali lifted her head, breathing in the salty sea air and letting it wash over her. It was hard to tell from the shape of the waves, the way they rushed past her feet. She swiveled her ears, trying to catch a hint of the ever chattering parrots of their home, but they were already too far out to hear the rainbow birds’ calls. Hmm…the wind. The wind had been blowing toward them when they set out on their venture to visit what lay beyond Taiga. To be facing home, it would have to be blowing from behind them, or at least pretty close to it, right? And it was blowing from the front, chasing the hair off her face instead of blowing it forward across her eyes.
Nope! Home’s behind us, right? Or pretty close to it, at least! Unless the wind changed that much, that fast, we’re definitely not pointing toward home. Did I win?
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