they promised that dreams come true
For how extensive their family is, Ori knows few of them. She rarely, though occasionally, stumbles across them in the common lands. For a short time, she was gifted with the luxury of living with them in Tephra, but her family comes and goes with some frequency. She would judge them (indeed, she did just that as a child) but she comes and goes with nearly the same frequency. Instead, she has grown used to being alone, to having never settled in any one place. Home was, in some ways, Silver Cove, and yet she has not been back in years and years. Home was never truly Tephra. Home might have been family but they were not consistent enough, and Ori has never found anyone else to call home either. And so she wandered, creating worlds and friends around her.
Today is no different, and nearby trail some deer that are of Ori’s creation. At the approach of the colt (who, she realizes as he draws nearer, shares some of their characteristic family traits), both Ori and the deer look up. It isn’t until he’s nearly upon her that she can see the subtle leopard markings that he spots. They are not bright and obvious like hers, but still, they are unmistakable nonetheless. The deer continue to look on, too still now to be real, though otherwise there is nothing to give them away as illusions. Ori’s simply too distracted to continue their movement, a thing that is almost second nature to her but, after a moment, they disappear entirely as her attention shifts.
The boy opens his mouth to speak, but nothing comes out. A moment of worry crosses her features, but then a voice in her head. It takes her a moment to orient to it, but then she smiles slightly at his “words”, and she chuckles slightly with an easy, welcoming warmth. “I think you might be right,” she agrees, nodding at her own blue leopard spots. ”Kagerus and Solace?” she asks, just to confirm. It’s so strange to think she has so much family she has never even met, and yet, this is the reality of her life. But it is always a pleasant surprise and brings a smile to her face when she finally gets to meet them.
but they forgot that nightmares are dreams too
@Rhaegor
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