It's never really over

What was he doing here? That thought plagued his mind ever second of his life. Kyung didn’t know what it was that drove him to keep being. It wasn’t the first time he contemplated his own death and the idea was becoming more and more attractive. Maybe that was why he was here, in the place his paws had avoided for most of his life. Here where his life had taken the turn for the worst. It would be fitting then if this was where it all ended.

Being here was hurting him physically. He could feel the pain in his lungs, the fear burning through him. He could smell the ash, feel it pushing hotly against his skin. None of that was here, none of it was real of course but the whole of his tie to this place was the volcano accident that scarred his mother physically.

Taking a deep breath he pulled himself up the trunk of the nearest tree and wound his way up its thick tangled branches till he was lifted high above the ground. From this distance it was hard to tell if a fall would do enough damage to finish it all or if he would simply end up breaking his bones.

Still he lacked the most important part of the equation, the courage to launch himself from his perch. With a sigh he lay upon his stomach, a paw dangling off the edge of his perch.