This maze of stony tunnels might not have been the World's Edge, but it was our indefinite home for now, and it still required constant patrolling. I knew not all of the nooks and crannies of the cave, for such a thing was surely impossible, but I'd done my best to walk the lengths of several passages and assure that all were as well as they could be.
Today, my motive lie in guarding the sole entryway of the cave, the singular hole shrouded in the towering grasses that rounded the otherwise dry and desolate Heart of Helovia. I'd heard word that those affected by the strange disease were unable to pass into the caves, but was uncertain if it were true or not. I'd not risk the safety of my family, nor the other innocent lives taking cover beneath the ground.
The slope that led from the outside world and down into the caves was perpetually slick and thus still difficult to traverse, but with carefully placed steps and a few ungraceful slips, I'd managed to pull myself up and out of the cave. Suli is soon to follow after, kind enough to give a trill of what was her form of laughter as she flew out from the opening and into the skies. I give a roll of my eyes to the dragoness, then set my attention on the waivering grasses surrounding the entryway of the cave. "Pay attention," I spoke up, voice soft, "And watch from the skies."
With Suli acting as my eyes in the sky, circling endlessly but with no alert to activity, I stood near the entrance with ears twitching to every sound and questioning the little green if it were anything out of the norm. 'No,' she'd relay back, and only then would a tense silence settle back over us.
As time went on, my mind wandered, recalling the countless patrols I'd assisted Bran with several years ago, much akin to the ones I'd been dedicating my time to these past two years in the World's Edge. It had been three years since Bran and I's last scouting together, and the memory was bittersweet on my tongue. I missed the boy dearly, longed for his return with every rise and fall of the sun, but no power under this mortal sky could or would ever bring him back. I only hoped that he had found peace beyond these earthly ties and had found it in his heart to forgive me for my failure on the battlefield that fateful day so many years ago.
'WRAITH!' came Suli's screaming voice into my mind then, the singular word effectively killing my thoughts and causing muscles to tense, sending me whirling in her direction and prepared to attack. However, when I faced her, the dragoness trilled again with laughter. I sent her a dangerous look, and with a deep exhale, turned my back towards her and to the grasses once more.
"Speak."
@[Cheveyo]
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