phoenix from flame

“Something like that.” He muttered then stepped closer to her with as much grace as his oversized paws allowed him. He opened his mouth to speak, then closed it, gaping like a fish as he struggled for purchase on words. He decided to sit, still a good distance from her and whined softly. “Why are you so far from Abaven?” He asked finally, his heart breaking just to see her so forlorn. Did she know why he was so far from Erovrare? He wondered.

He looked at the equally abandoned looking raven and understood to some degree that something had happened to her, although what he couldn’t say.

Speech