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07-11-2016, 01:13 PM
 And the scene unfolding before him, around him — involving him but somehow remote — is nothing like Caneo asked for. This blood pool is not the Thistle Meadow. He is no longer the boy. And between his ears the serpent watches, stiff as wire and coiled to spring. No, he breathes into her mind, an afterthought. Whether he guards her safety or Tandavi's, he isn't sure. The Firedancer's voice is a challenge, but not one Caneo can answer. His ears twist so slightly back, the barest admittance of the sudden blackness rising inside of him, rising to drown him. He says nothing, but his eyes move quietly after Natraj. For an instant, between heart beats, the thought occurs: he could step on the small thing. And there would be nothing left of it; Natraj is no stronger than his own soul, part of which coils silently around his ears, ignorant of her mortality, furious on his behalf. He's glass and ash; he wants to blow away. Caneo breathes out, and he forces his gaze away. With it, his body turns slightly, too, and he regards his reflection askance in the red depths of the pool. How can he soften for her, when his body forgets softness? An ear cocks forward once again when she approaches — but a step. Just a step. Caneo's gaze flickers back and he's almost sullen, the beauty drawn from his features by whatever tide rises within him still. "I'd never run away from you, Caneo," — and he snorts, unable to repress the sudden, vehement response. Never? parrots a very cold voice in his mind. He wants suddenly to bite Tandavi, and the urge startles him a little in its sincerity, its lack of remorse. "Never?" he says aloud, laughter slick and silver in his voice. Has he ever turned that tone on her? It means to wound, but it lies about doing so. His tail snaps like a whip, and he closes the distance between them another step. "You are always running away." Coward, sings his heart, baring hooked fangs. It forgets he does this, too. It feels only its own pain. |
* violence & magic use always permitted *
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