don't look down {Hal/Xov}
Feb 13, 2024 17:27:48 GMT -5
Post by Knuckles on Feb 13, 2024 17:27:48 GMT -5
Time is of the essence. While the first few days were spent walking around, Hal needs to learn how to defend himself and how to hold on to what little he has. It is difficult, almost impossible to move, yet his eyes move from one place to another. One thing he loves doing is climbing trees as high as he can, which isn't too high now that he's older. But as a kid, he enjoyed climbing as high into the trees as possible without a care in the world, but it was all taken away from him the moment his siblings were born.
Now that he's away, he doesn't need to worry about making sure they toe the line, and the freedom is something he's yearned for.
A smile spreads across his face as he starts climbing higher and higher, and he realizes just how much has changed. This isn't a tree, and one wrong motion could send him crumbling to the ground, and maybe even to his death. But what's the purpose? The reason? Why keep going? The smile grows even larger as he starts moving across some monkey bars. Having upper body strength is important, and maybe that's why he's wanting to continue to prove to himself that he's capable of doing something, but soon he quickly realizes that this was a mistake.
Someone is coming from the opposite end, and Hal stops in the middle knowing he's not going to turn back, but he can't keep going forward.
"Excuse me, I was trying to cross these." A heavy sigh leaves his chest, "But I see you are too, and I'm too far to turn around."
He tries making eye contact, but it isn't a skill he's good at.
"Would you turn around?"
Maybe it's rude. It doesn't matter.
Nothing matters here.
Credit to Pogue <3