Sibling Separation (Open)
May 24, 2008 0:22:41 GMT -5
Post by hisdivineshadow on May 24, 2008 0:22:41 GMT -5
Anko gave a mild sigh as she walked through the gate. "Well, back again. At least this time we're just passing through."
Adarr, pack slung over his shoulder, gave her a slightly reproving look. "I kind of like it here. Ilyamen's not all that bad."
His sister smirked. "Well, you can live here, then. I know I'm not sticking around."
"Well, neither am I. I mean, I have to get back to mother . . ." He glanced once again at his new Mind sign, curling his hand into a fist to touch his fingertips against the sign. For a moment, he could hear the thoughts of everyone around them, and he had to release the power almost immediately before it made him dizzy. The wolf Beast let out a sigh. "Hopefully she can tell me what to do."
Anko smiled sympathetically, and gave Adarr's shoulder a squeeze. "I'm sure she can. And you'll have to tell her I'm sorry for getting you involved in all this."
He whirled on her quickly, eyes narrowing suspiciously. "What? But I thought you were coming with! You're not still chasing after that vampire, are you?"
Her smile turned a little sad, and she shook her head. "Nope. But I . . . I'm not ready to go back to Seere. I decided back in Ronduin, but I wanted to come with you at least this far." She looked past him at the city. "Find a good place to stay the night, rest well, and then you should be able to make it home within a couple days."
Adarr wanted to protest, wanted to insist that she was coming back with him, back home with their friends and family. But he recognized the look in his sister's eyes, the subtly stubborn set of her jaw, and couldn't think of any words that seemed sufficient. Finally he just shook his head and sighed. "all right . . . but take care of yourself. I don't want to lose you, too." The last he said in an undertone, barely audible, but a slight twitch of Anko's ears told him she'd heard.
She looked at him tenderly for a moment, then drew him into a tight hug. "I love you, sib," she murmured, then pinched his ear and pulled away, laughing. "But if you start thinking I can't manage on my own, I'll hafta pound some sense inta you."
The siblings shared a few more moments of wordless farewell, then Anko gave a jaunty wave and turned to leave the city, leaving Adarr to reshoulder his pack and turn somewhat resignedly back toward the center of town. He'd be rather lonely by himself, but he, too, could manage on his own if he had to.
Adarr, pack slung over his shoulder, gave her a slightly reproving look. "I kind of like it here. Ilyamen's not all that bad."
His sister smirked. "Well, you can live here, then. I know I'm not sticking around."
"Well, neither am I. I mean, I have to get back to mother . . ." He glanced once again at his new Mind sign, curling his hand into a fist to touch his fingertips against the sign. For a moment, he could hear the thoughts of everyone around them, and he had to release the power almost immediately before it made him dizzy. The wolf Beast let out a sigh. "Hopefully she can tell me what to do."
Anko smiled sympathetically, and gave Adarr's shoulder a squeeze. "I'm sure she can. And you'll have to tell her I'm sorry for getting you involved in all this."
He whirled on her quickly, eyes narrowing suspiciously. "What? But I thought you were coming with! You're not still chasing after that vampire, are you?"
Her smile turned a little sad, and she shook her head. "Nope. But I . . . I'm not ready to go back to Seere. I decided back in Ronduin, but I wanted to come with you at least this far." She looked past him at the city. "Find a good place to stay the night, rest well, and then you should be able to make it home within a couple days."
Adarr wanted to protest, wanted to insist that she was coming back with him, back home with their friends and family. But he recognized the look in his sister's eyes, the subtly stubborn set of her jaw, and couldn't think of any words that seemed sufficient. Finally he just shook his head and sighed. "all right . . . but take care of yourself. I don't want to lose you, too." The last he said in an undertone, barely audible, but a slight twitch of Anko's ears told him she'd heard.
She looked at him tenderly for a moment, then drew him into a tight hug. "I love you, sib," she murmured, then pinched his ear and pulled away, laughing. "But if you start thinking I can't manage on my own, I'll hafta pound some sense inta you."
The siblings shared a few more moments of wordless farewell, then Anko gave a jaunty wave and turned to leave the city, leaving Adarr to reshoulder his pack and turn somewhat resignedly back toward the center of town. He'd be rather lonely by himself, but he, too, could manage on his own if he had to.