08-18-2018, 06:58 PM
The breath I'd been holding is released in a slow exhale, and I open my eyes to look down at the sunset kingdom below me. The sun is at my back, and the entire realm is bathed in brilliant orange light. It has always been my favorite sight, even as a child. The autumn has made Loess indistinguishable from our Sylvan neighbors, and I can imagine that our borders are far out of sight.
It's a childish fantasy. I know I should have grown out of it, and for the most part I have. Yet there is still something there, a hungry ache for something that isn't food. My internal pursuit for the source of this emotion is derailed by the sound of approaching hooves. The setting sun makes them only a silhouette, but the wind is in my favor.
"Wolfbane," I say in greeting. The king and I have had few one-on-one conversations of late. In fact, as I look for the familiar planes in his shadowed face, I find I cannot remember when the last one was. We've spoken about kingdom matters, of my talk with Hyaline and the arrangement for me to be healed. I realize as I'm standing, wings still flared, that I've not encountered Wolfbane at all since their restoration.
"Oh!" I say with a rapid smile. "You've not seen them yet, have you? The extreme novelty had worn off on me in the past day, but I take advantage of the chance to flare them out proudly. "What you you think?" I ask, glancing from the left to the right with an absent grin still on my blue mouth.
@[Wolfbane]
It's a childish fantasy. I know I should have grown out of it, and for the most part I have. Yet there is still something there, a hungry ache for something that isn't food. My internal pursuit for the source of this emotion is derailed by the sound of approaching hooves. The setting sun makes them only a silhouette, but the wind is in my favor.
"Wolfbane," I say in greeting. The king and I have had few one-on-one conversations of late. In fact, as I look for the familiar planes in his shadowed face, I find I cannot remember when the last one was. We've spoken about kingdom matters, of my talk with Hyaline and the arrangement for me to be healed. I realize as I'm standing, wings still flared, that I've not encountered Wolfbane at all since their restoration.
"Oh!" I say with a rapid smile. "You've not seen them yet, have you? The extreme novelty had worn off on me in the past day, but I take advantage of the chance to flare them out proudly. "What you you think?" I ask, glancing from the left to the right with an absent grin still on my blue mouth.
@[Wolfbane]
