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05-11-2014, 02:30 AM
He is the noble commander. Adelric- a name said by his mother among other words he does not understand right now, but that he will learn to understand in the coming days. His gestation has been long and hard on his mother. He doesn't know this now but surely he would be sorry, would lament the pain he and his sister have caused her, if he had known. But all he knows now, wet and cold on the ground, is the tongue of a cat cleaning him of the filth that has surrounded him these last 11 months. The screams that welcome him to the world are nothing like the heralding trumpets that should be sounding but being the first of the twins may not be as special as it is made out to be. For five hours he waits, chilled and hungry, left to learn how to stand on his own, without the aid of his darling mother, who he loves already, although all he knows of her are seven words and her screams. He tries several times to rise from the ground. Long, spindly legs unfurl beneath him, trying so hard to hold him up, wobbling against gravity before he can really find his balance. He loses track of how many times he tries, but eventually he tries to stand and then remains there, limbs spread wide, head held low, swaying slowly but not tumbling over. He has stood and his mother cannot even congratulate him because she still screams with the pain of his sister yet to come. But eventually his sister comes too, sliding out onto the earth, his mother left on the ground. These moments will come to define him in the future, in small ways, molding his personality and shaping his views on the earth. But for now the child knows nothing other than his own needs. He has conquered breathing, he has conquered the slime that surrounded him and he has conquered gravity. Now he needs only to conquer his hunger. A bleat falls from his lips, small and weak, but demanding nevertheless. His mother may be tired, but she will be tired for nothing if her children starve before she rises. Still, as he waits, Adelric looks upon her and knows that he loves her. She is special to him. Adelric |
