I of the storm

speech

The first thing Célestin saw was his brother an ominous warning on his lips and the boy, watched his brother go, feeling his dread tighten around him, threatening to strangle him. But as his eyes adjusted to the dim light he finally saw what his brother warned about and his stomach twisted painfully, fear and grief in equal parts threatened to drag him down to the earth and he only just registered the light weight of his mother's bird companion on his shoulder. He moved numbly into the den, unable to keep his horror from his face.

He collapsed in front of his mother, unable to tear his gaze from those horrific scars above her eyes. "Qu'es ce qui c'est passé?" He asked, his voice no more than a whisper but still feeling too loud.