Empty nest syndrome
06-15-2017, 10:55 AM
Athena related to Ara's words so deeply that it was almost relieving to hear the sentiment come from someone else's mouth. She smiled sadly and chuckled with a small nod. For the most part she had been in good health for the entirety of her life, something she was greatful for, but she could start to feel the years pulling at her bones. She liked to think that she still had many years ahead of her, but it was beginning to get to the point in her life when the years ahead of her were shorter than the ones behind. It was really more of a mental exhaustion than a physical one at times. There was a long, at times hard road between the beginning of her life and now and she didn't feel like adding too much more to that road. At least not in this moment. Maybe something would happen to change that. She hoped so. "I'm not the best at small talk, I'm afraid," she admitted with a slight shrug and a hint of a smile. "But I need to get up and stretch my legs if you'd like to join me. I don't think I've left this spot all day." She pulled herself to her paws and gave her thick coat a shake to get rid of the spots where it had flattened from sitting for a while. She glanced down at her bracelets and decided to pick them up and place them inside the den behind her before she turned back to face Ara. "I'm trying to get used to not wearing them," she explained briefly even though she didn't know if it needed any explanation. She started walking as long as Ara followed suit, keeping a leisurely pace. Mostly her eyes drifted over the scenery, but they eventually came back to Ara. "You had a mate... right?" she asked, feeling a bit awkward as soon as she said it. Even still, she was curious. She didn't remember much about Ara if she was being honest, but she seemed to remember that Ara had a mate at one point. Or maybe she had heard it from Amalia. Either way, she was desperate for a conversation starter. |
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