When I made it to the Veins there was no one else around that I could see. I had no idea that only a few moments before someone had stood, staring at the same shrines that I had come to visit. My wings were tucked tightly against my sides as I looked at the crumbling rocks. Sometimes I wondered why anyone worshipped the gods that had placed those shrines there... but I still went there and I still spoke to them. "You took my brother." I murmured as I stared at the Moon Goddess' shrine. I would never understand her reason, but I think that's because I have a heart and I can feel compassion for others.
"And you let her... then you took my father." I whispered as my gaze slid to the Earth God's shrine. I could stand there forever and wonder why but it wouldn't do me any good. I looked at the other two shrines, but I had nothing to say to them even though they, too, had let the Moon Goddess murder. I know that I had stayed tucked away in the Throat while the Goddess made a mockery of Gaucho and used his body to murder.
I sighed then flinched as a voice cut through the quietness. I turned away from the shrines, my ears tilted forward as I listened to the curses. I frowned and considered leaving, but then I walked toward the path that lead down toward the land below and I could see someone walking down it. He would trip or slip and every time he did another curse would fly from his lips. As I watched him I began to wonder if something was wrong, so I started down the path after him. "Hey!" I called, but then I started to worry that I might startle him and make him fall. "Sorry..." I said as I got closer. "I could hear you up there... are you okay?"
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@[Cathun]
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