[private] drown my woes in a lake of fire

[Chasm]

c h a s m . Chasm hadn’t worried when mother hadn’t returned. She’d told him that she’d be away and that he was to keep to the lake as much as possible. Out of sight, out of mind.  Or something like that.  She’d told him, explicitly, that he’d be safe here as they were the only kelpies here in Hyaline.  He knew vague details that some of what was happing on the surface wasn’t safe, even though that just made him all the more curious to know what was going on.  The childish part of him wanted to go with his mother, he felt the whine in the back of his throat when she’d told him one last time to keep to the seaweed and the series of shallow caves left behind by hyaline’s natural springs.  However he kept his jaws clamped shut as he’d watched his mother ascend to the surface.  He let out a huff, which left him in a burst of tiny bubbles before retreating back to the shelter of the rocks nestled in the tall aquatic plants. This would, of course for the opportune time for him to make a break for the border himself. His mother didn’t know that he was fond of adventures outside the borders of Hyaline, and he was planning on keeping it that way. But since he had no way of knowing how long she’d be gone, he couldn’t risk a trip that would take him away for too long. Plus, there was something about his mother’s mood and tone that was…disconcerting. As much as he wanted to go and leave and have and adventure, the look in her eye and the quiver in her voice made it easy for him to decide to stay put.  He fell back into a restless sleep after awhile, glowing the same cool glow as his mother in the semi-darkness of this depth.  But he stirs when light flashes across his lids.  He blinks sleepily, trying to clear his hazy mind. Because there is another kelpie here and it’s most definitely not his mother.  And she knows his name.  Of course, Sabal had told her son of Mazikeen - but had obviously not filled in the more recent trauma-inducing details.  But he hadn’t ever expected to see her down here. ”Hello?” he answers, uncertainly, peering around the rocks and the long weeds.  ”You’re mom’s friend, right?” he asked, though he figured she was because he didn’t think many others knew he was even down here. He was, however, surprised to find the fiery kelpie was alone. ”Is, um, everything ok?” lineart | design

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