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“Oh, well, yes, um, you see…” came the Sunshower’s intelligible response. “Yes, um, home,” she continued to stutter, suddenly shifting to and fro as though she did not know how to stay still. Home, in her own mind, had meant one thing- Helovia. Huge, sprawling, distant… safe. Home in the mind of Brisa, Reginald… Home to the Hidden Falls, as Brisa had stated. Home? It had never been hers, but if history had not changed too much, then many of her friends would be there. Kaj, for instance. Good or bad to see him? She didn’t even know. They had parted on bad terms, she supposed. A year and some absence wouldn’t have helped that. Archibald, perhaps would be there. A plus, maybe. He would understand? And what about the rest of her friends? Resplendence, Alysanne, Evangeline, Aaron, Destrier… Names, lists, miles long. Friends or foe, now that she had left them? And then, that other name, one she had tried to forget, but really, how could she, rolling around in the back of her mind, always there, always lurking, always… what? Always a lead weight tied to her hooves? How could she even say that? She had never taken responsibility, never tried to really be a mother to the girl, and yet, there it was, still haunting her thoughts, her dreams, dragging up fear while she still tried to stutter through an answer. Isopia, it called, her mind or the gods? The God of the Earth? She shuddered. Would he hate her for what she had done? Perhaps not too much… the music around her still sang… “Yes, um, well. Yes. You see, pause. “Well, no.” More pause. “Well, yes, no… you’re right.” As if that was clear. The Sunshower took a deep breath, closed her blue eyes, and listened to the gentle rustle of Khan’s feathers as he shifted on her back. Breathe, he had taught her. Breathe, and be calm. She tried. “Home would be nice,” she decided finally, not sure if it was the truth or something else, but it was at least an answer that didn’t involve stuttering and shifting. She opened her eyes again, a smile turning up one corner of her mouth- a thanks to Brisa, a question to Reginald. Either way, before she could change her mind, she set off to walking. She had been gone, but not too long. She still at least knew the general direction of the Falls. Home, she thought again, trying to make it real in her mind. She was back. Here Comes The Sun |
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