Litotes had not been in Hyaline long before he began to feel as if it was home. His heart is not entirely open but he can feel himself beginning to breathe again - his constricted lungs were clearing of the suffocating tar he had allowed to build up. The land’s air was so crisp and untouched! How could his lungs not feel free? Each new breathe excited Lie in the most private, sunken parts of his mind. The days he had spent in Hyaline were beginning to rip away his armored facade. i don't want your pity, i just want somebody near me
The crystalline lake that Lie has become so fond of spreads before him. With an imperceptible huff, he walks into the always-brisk water. Even in midst of the summer, Hyaline’s mountains maintain a comfortable temperature - that was one of the qualities it possesses that Litotes loves. The cremello stallion is ankle deep when he stops, dropping his head to sip from the near-perfect water.
As much as Litotes has convinced himself that he is content alone, a sharp twinge of something he cannot quite place spreads through his chest. Warlight is the only other creature he has met since happening upon Hyaline, and he has not seen her since. Was that swift, acute inkling longing? Does he miss her? Does he miss the idea of another? Perhaps he has gotten a taste of being drawn out of his shell, and he needs more. Perhaps he will ignore everything he was considering and run recklessly into the lake. He does the latter.
Litotes forces his way through the water, pushing forth until his hooves no longer touch the rocky floor. When deep enough, he drops his head below and pumps his legs. He stays there until his lungs can take more, ripping through the surface and facing the sky with his maw. He heaves, chest driving up and down and up and down. The sound of his breathe calms him. Litotes thinks no more.
To another, he may look like he is playing: dipping and diving, not staying under long enough to appear suicidal (though that is what he is closer to). Engrossed in suppressing his thoughts, Lie swims about, unaware of his surroundings.
guess i'm a coward, i just want to feel all right
@[Kensa]
