warts and all

*Valentine* · 10-06-2018, 11:05 PM

Valentine had done everything in his power to make Rhythm comfortable. Considering where she'd been all these years, she deserved that. He would give her the moon if he could and it was for that reason he was now a dirt covered mess. It had been years since he'd been in the den he'd given Rhythm and time had done its best to erase all trace of it. Perhaps it was a silly gesture, but he wanted her to have it again and it was for that reason that he'd just finished cleaning it out and preparing it for her.

Achy and tired, Valentine sank back on his haunches and looked his handiwork over. He'd tried to replicate its dimensions from memory, but the scene was still very different than it was all those years ago. At some point some kind of small creature, probably a badger, had made a home out of it and its claw marks could be seen in the roots around the den's entrance. The tree that had stood tall and proud over it, that had nearly split the rock at its feet, had been halved down the middle by lighting. One side of it was still growing strong, but the other lay grey and lifeless on the ground. As for the rock itself, it was the only thing unchanged.

Hopefully Rhythm would like it. Valentine had plans to fetch her and surprise her with the den once he was presentable, but for the moment he just wanted to rest. The river was just a little too far away.

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