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02-13-2016, 04:12 PM
Kodiak
The dense trees dusted in snow thinned and gave way to deeper drifts that slowed their progress. He was pretty sure Tiamat was deliberately measuring her stride, even though her spindly legs carried her only half as far as his own. Perhaps it was her that was suffering from the trip, god only knows where she found the energy to fuel that unbridled enthusiasm. So he kept his head down and his comments to himself and trusted that she had her reasons.
A question nagged in his mind, as the hills grew steeper and the snow deeper still. Tiamat's coloring and ornamentation on her mane hinted that she belonged on some sandy beach somewhere, not tucked away in the mountains where the closest thing to an actual body of water was the sea of white that brushed her belly. And yet, she seemed more than happy. Would he even be able to tell if she wasn't?
"Do you like the mountains?" he asked, wondering if she would understand what he was really asking. Do you deny your nature for this place?
Kodiak couldn't imagine doing such a thing. The snow and ice called to some deeper part of him, something that was forgotten. It wasn't a memory, not exactly, but it was something he wanted to hold onto. A connection to the past that he'd lost, but that taunted him in its absence. Would it always be like this?
"Where do you come from?" he pressed again. He hoped she wouldn't be bothered by his questions, for all he wanted was to see if her memories shook something loose from his own. And perhaps he wanted to understand her a little better.
Their journey came to an end rather suddenly, as Tiamat lead him past some strange old statues and brings him to the first rise of a valley. He hesitates for a moment, looking down at it all, before following close behind.
"Talk."
@Tiamat @Albrecht
I'm walking the long road
watching the sky fall
watching the sky fall
