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Burning in a Hopeless Dream // [Cantara, Day 7]
Dec 9, 2022 15:22:40 GMT -5
Post by d10f ekta ram // [earthling] on Dec 9, 2022 15:22:40 GMT -5
After.
After she tore Silver's ear from her skull, rendering her silent.
After she scrubbed her sharp teeth with a wilted plant, and then ate it.
After she pressed her curving spine against a stalagmite, hot breath forming clouds in the chamber.
After the bats screamed through the caves, a dark whirling vortex, chattering chaos. They swarmed through the tunnels, tornado'd around her and plunged deeper into the cave complex.
After, she realized that not a single wing had touched her. Not even the muttations saw her as human any more.
She lifted her snout and found the faintest breeze. On two legs, tarnished claws trailing over the dewy cave walls, she wound her way confidently back to the surface. It hadn't been hard at all. She could have found her way out an hour ago. Before --
But after, she knew Silver had been right. She simply hadn't wanted to let her live.
After she tore Silver's ear from her skull, rendering her silent.
After she scrubbed her sharp teeth with a wilted plant, and then ate it.
After she pressed her curving spine against a stalagmite, hot breath forming clouds in the chamber.
After the bats screamed through the caves, a dark whirling vortex, chattering chaos. They swarmed through the tunnels, tornado'd around her and plunged deeper into the cave complex.
After, she realized that not a single wing had touched her. Not even the muttations saw her as human any more.
She lifted her snout and found the faintest breeze. On two legs, tarnished claws trailing over the dewy cave walls, she wound her way confidently back to the surface. It hadn't been hard at all. She could have found her way out an hour ago. Before --
But after, she knew Silver had been right. She simply hadn't wanted to let her live.
[Cantara collects and maintains stuff.]
title from "Lift Me Up" by Rihanna
title from "Lift Me Up" by Rihanna
