things have changed since we last saw eachother
hageshi
03-07-2023, 08:43 PM
Her given name was unfamiliar to him, but then again there were quite a few of them who left home at a young age just as he had, so he was not entirely surprised. Clearly they were some form of cousins, and that was enough for him. The specifics weren't important. A koi was a koi to him. The silence between them was comfortable for him, and his gaze followed hers to idly watch the river, the trickling of water providing a serene ambiance. Her next words echoed his internal thoughts, and he shrugged with one shoulder, offering up a soft hum as he mulled over how to express verbally to her his reasonings. "I wanted to forge my own path and see more of the world than just where I was born. I cannot say why for everyone else, however." It wasn't as if he had felt stifled or even under too much pressure back home, but he wanted something a bit more in life than the same area where he had been born and raised. "And you?" |
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