Dreams Become Reality And You Are Still Here

With Lotus, Terra has the best night’s sleep she has had since… well since she was born. Even her dreams are light and calm which seems like a small miracle in and of itself. As daylight breaks and the taller boy slowly awakens, the earthen girl’s frame presses backward into him a little more. A gentle nudge her side has the girl mumbling, head twisting slightly to hide under a paw as her brain fights to stay asleep.

However, a part of her knows that it is Lotus that nudged her and wills herself to wake up. It is slow, the girl moving into the waking world layer by layer, until her groggy green eyes blink open. Lotus is curled around her and Terra sighs contently, relaxing into him as her still sleepy does not register what she is doing. A huge yawn splits her maw open and, once down, she gives her head a shake as if to rid it of the cobwebs that linger.

All at once, the earthen girl realizes what she is doing and immediately stiffens, moving to sit up in case she has offended the tall boy. As she moves, Terra says, “Oh, uh, sorry. Good morning. Sleep well?” She leaves out the part where she slept great and doesn’t really want to get up yet.


"Terra Qilaq"