the distance from me to where you'd be

Indigo · 07-22-2021, 03:40 PM

He couldn’t sleep the rest of the night. He didn’t return to Aslatiel, but kept watch over the camp from the peak of the falls. His mind raced through the evening hours, scenarios, paths, solutions unexplored. Thinking too much about what he should have done left him feeling deeply depressed, and when he looked to the future anxiety shook his very limbs. It was a long dark night, and relief did not come with the dawn.

Songbirds still remained here and their voices filled the air as the sun began to creep towards the horizon. Indigo blinked back his tired eyes and lifted himself to his feet. Haze filled the air and the little meadow they settled in was a basin of fog. A heavy sigh fell from his lips as he picked his way down to the camp, his mind and heart heavy. He picked up a bit of breakfast for Asla and made his way to where she had been sleeping.

He didn’t know what to think anymore, he couldn’t predict Aslatiel, not that he thought he could to begin with but he hadn’t expected the meeting to go so poorly. Maybe he was just too naïve. Indigo parted the mist and quietly returned to Aslatiel’s side, placing the haunch within reaching distance and lowering himself to the yellowing grass. She deserved to know what was going on, but he wondered if she even wanted to know. He’d thought too much during the night, but he tried to suppress his errant thoughts. He had to deal with the present moment, that was giving Aslatiel an enjoyable vacation.

"Asla" -- "Indy"

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