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12-13-2014, 01:15 AM
Hototo Tandavi names the stranger. Suddenly her voice is light as wings, bright as dawn, and Caneo moves behind her as if his bones have turned to ice. She is so bright, and none of it for him. The brief, familiar ache within his chest is not quite jealousy. It has nothing to do with the dead mare, either, or any bitter memory – not really. He feels strange now, a ghost again, and a small part of him thinks about walking away. You don’t belong here, says something in the back of his mind. Caneo lingers. He says nothing when Hototo speaks – a strange voice, the words so certain – erudite. The silver boy’s eyes are empty, far away. Justice he thinks when Tandavi says the word. What does that mean? What does it matter? Caneo feels more out of place with every passing breath, as if he is beginning to disappear. This is worse than fear; it makes him want the desert again. He is quiet for a long time, his ears twitching, catching some of Hototo’s words and not the rest. Father, Caneo hears, loss, black hairs. He stares at the strange land around them, his nostrils flaring to catch the warm scent of the air. At last, reluctant, his pale eyes cease their twitching and rest lightly on Hototo’s face. “Maybe there will be more,” he says without inflection, offering the prediction as if it should be helpful and not horrifying. “I’ve never heard of anybody killing only once.” His tail flicks, his eyes seeking the distance again, as if he wishes to be out there, away. His mind is restless today. At heart, he fails to understand why this should be important. Caneo’s mind skips endlessly over the question, like hooves over polished stone. “We could look around,” he offers. “I don’t know anyone with black hair, but maybe we’ll find one.” And what then? he doesn’t ask. A battle? More blood? Justice – such a foreign word.  |
* violence & magic use always permitted *
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