04-02-2020, 07:15 PM
H A L C Y O N
no better version of me
i could pretend to be tonight
i could pretend to be tonight
His mouth stumbles over the words, pledging to this blind woman that his presence does not mean danger and, for some reason that has not yet revealed itself to Halcyon, this makes him think briefly of Titanya. He had not thought himself a predator until his meeting with her; until then, he had been but a docile housecat.
Despite this thought, though, his statement rings true: he is not dangerous. The young boy wouldn't know the first thing about harming someone ─ Aquaria had not taught him how to be predatory. This, of course, does not absolve him of the DNA he has inherited from Reia, though he knows naught of her.
Just me and Mother, Jenger says, and the involuntarily lowering of her head tugs painfully at the tiger's heart. For a moment, he nearly reaches out to the sky-painted woman but Halcyon stops himself just as quickly as he had been struck with the notion. Frozen there, Halcyon inhales the rain-soaked scent of her, and then draws his attention back to her face as she speaks of a tree she'd passed on the way in.
Jenger turns towards the East, and Halcyon falls in step beside her. He keeps a comfortable distance between them, hoping to further comfort her in his presence. He remembers, then, the supernatural warmth that he had exuded unintentionally that day he'd stood with his mom on the shore of Ischia. He decides to try again ─ thinking thoughts of adventure, of familial love, of warmth ─ and soon he is permeating Happiness once more.
And, perhaps, if she is open to it, Jenger will feel it, too.
"How are you feeling now?" he asks quietly after nickering in acknowledgement of her last statement. "Hopefully not... Bad Strange," he adds as an afterthought, his feline eyes flicking apprehensively to Jenger. "Where do you and your mom live?"
Despite this thought, though, his statement rings true: he is not dangerous. The young boy wouldn't know the first thing about harming someone ─ Aquaria had not taught him how to be predatory. This, of course, does not absolve him of the DNA he has inherited from Reia, though he knows naught of her.
Just me and Mother, Jenger says, and the involuntarily lowering of her head tugs painfully at the tiger's heart. For a moment, he nearly reaches out to the sky-painted woman but Halcyon stops himself just as quickly as he had been struck with the notion. Frozen there, Halcyon inhales the rain-soaked scent of her, and then draws his attention back to her face as she speaks of a tree she'd passed on the way in.
Jenger turns towards the East, and Halcyon falls in step beside her. He keeps a comfortable distance between them, hoping to further comfort her in his presence. He remembers, then, the supernatural warmth that he had exuded unintentionally that day he'd stood with his mom on the shore of Ischia. He decides to try again ─ thinking thoughts of adventure, of familial love, of warmth ─ and soon he is permeating Happiness once more.
And, perhaps, if she is open to it, Jenger will feel it, too.
"How are you feeling now?" he asks quietly after nickering in acknowledgement of her last statement. "Hopefully not... Bad Strange," he adds as an afterthought, his feline eyes flicking apprehensively to Jenger. "Where do you and your mom live?"
─ @[Jenger*]
♥ Used his Happiness Induction, but left it open-ended in case you don't want it to affect her!