Reality hurts more then dreams

It had been a long day, and Mercury had no desire for it to end. Not yet. The image of Wren bleeding, and lying just over the next crest, waiting for him to help her, wouldn't leave his thoughts. How could he give up on her? He had made her a promise. He had sworn himself to her, and her goals. He had thought… he had thought they would have a future together. He had truly let himself believe. Foolishness, he already knew what happened to those he loved.

Grid searching was tedious work, and he made his way back in the direction of where the blood had been found as he started in the next grid. Solar chittered angrily in the air above, demanding he stop, and rest. But the logic of fresh eyes and paws did nothing to sway him.


"Speech"