for so long had my teeth held my tongue from a venomous voice
but the poison has passed from my lips to my hands, an incendiary point
Breach stalks the darkness as a fox. It is smaller than she usually likes to be, but the form is light and stealthy and the night vision is an added bonus. It is not enough to fully combat the dark—not enough to clearly break through the shadows that pull at the corners of this strange world—but it is enough for her to feel more comfortable as she walks through the kingdom, checking on the people who reside there.
That she could not find Mazikeen makes her uncomfortable, but she trusts her Champion.
She knows that she can be trusted to find her way through the dark.
When she catches her scent, she whips her head around, eyes narrowing as she looks into the shadows to find the familiar ivory form. She wastes no time, shifting into her equine form as she surges up the hill, powerful haunches launching her up into the space before Mazikeen—something like worry on her face.
“Mazikeen,” the relief is palpable as she approaches her at a slower pace this time.
“What has you hiding out on the borders?”
Her head tilts to the side, curiosity warring with the fear that blooms in her chest.
though ritual pyre sending smoke to the sky as the building continues to burn
though rapt in the ruin, the pain in the grave, is lies you leave tied to the earth