08-13-2015, 11:30 PM
And what's the worst you take from every heart you break? And like
the blade you stain, well, I've been holding on tonight.
For once it seems his eyesight would be relatively spared during the daytime. He had found the tall pine trees which guarded the borders of the kingdom quite to his liking. These would provide some relief for the shadow child during the day when most of the bright sun rays encountered some difficulty in penetrating the forbidding trees. But the majority of them had come across an even difficult obstacle for dark thunder clouds settled overhead.
Michaelis found great joy within this simple occurrence.
It meant, for the most part, that he could wander about as he pleased with the least amount of disturbance in his eyes for the day. Usually his days were spent hiding amongst what shade he could find and keeping his eyes closed to shut out whatever sunlight he could. But the beginnings of this thunderstorm had eased his troubles for a couple of hours. It had been lightly drizzling off and on, but Michaelis hadn’t really minded. He could keep himself relatively dry during the harder rains with a combination of willpower and the unashamed use of those majestic trees.
The shadow child was quite pleased that his new home had seemingly welcomed him on his first day within its grasp. He briefly wondered if his first order of business should have been seeking Engelfors as soon as he had crossed into the kingdom. But he had been too happily drawn to the new-found shadow tendrils of which had been birthed by the towering trees surrounding him. Perhaps he needed to familiarize himself with his new acquaintances before finding the palomino mare. He allowed their silken touches and possessive caresses with a quiet satisfaction.
The thunder rumbled overhead and the blue roan seemed to revel in his new home.
( The Shadow Child )