Turn To Dust Or Gold

Their futures seemed so… far away from him. It was hard for Bronze to get a good, concrete understanding of where they might be in a few months from now, let alone further than that - and it was hard to imagine who he would be. They were just kids, even if they had been raised a bit differently than most kids. He'd caught on to that early on. That was the kind of thing that happened when you lived in the north though. There was less leisure time, more time spent on learning to survive and take care of yourself. He wondered too if they could leave someday and see the world. It was a thought that he'd had recently and one he hadn't been able to let go of. "I went to the big wall south of here. You ever been there? It's really cool," he admitted carefully. "Met a guy who said he met a blue girl. He had horns. Was it you, maybe?" It seemed likely but he wasn't sure.

He slowed his pace, but continued scouring the beach for anything of interest. The conversation seemed more valuable than anything they'd come across yet though. "I'm sure there's lots more in the north to explore though. You think they'd all come with us if we went to explore together? Pyrite and Kyanite and Hauyne?" Bronze couldn't imagine leaving without all of them, especially his dear sister Pyrite. If they didn't want to go anywhere else he had a feeling he wouldn't be able to leave them behind no matter how much he wanted to. His loyalty simply ran too deep.