Coming Back Down To Earth

Kore wanders from land to land, searching for any signs of his missing brother. Time is measured by the turning of the seasons, each one reminding him of his failure to keep his brother safe and marking yet more time apart from him. He orbits his sister’s life, checking in when he can while never stopping his extensive search for Kal. Spring marks the siblings second year of life and yet another season without his blue fire-kissed brother. The man’s paws have developed callouses so thick that he no longer feels the shifting lands underneath him. Food is plentiful but the galaxy clad man only eats enough to fill him and nothing more. At night, he dreams of horrible, scary things happening to Kal and he often awakens in a cold sweat.

Tonight, the moon stands high in her heavenly abode, shinning her silver rays down on the man crafted from a nebula. Kore lays in the soft grass of Sweetgrass Basin, a small fire crackling merrily beside him. But he does not have eyes for the earth around him and, instead, cranes his neck back so that he is looking up at the silver maiden. The three siblings had never known their mother, the wolf who had birthed them had passed with the giving of their life. Yet, when he looks to the moon, he imagines that she is up there, smiling down on him from her new celestial home. A tear slips free of his water-filled eyes and slides down the fur of his cheek until it can drop silently onto the grass below him.

Would she be ashamed that he could not protect Kalyke? Something whispers to him that she proud but Kore shoves it away because he is ashamed of himself. A world-weary sigh rolls past his dark lips and he gently shakes his head from side to side, allowing more tears to slip free. Voice hushed, almost afraid to voice his fears, Kore says, “I’ve failed mom. I… I couldn’t keep him safe.” The fire beside him pops, sending sparks to dance in the night air. Eyes close as emotions war within him, their battle playing out across his features. Ears lay pinned against his skull in shame and sadness as the galaxy-hued man allows himself to ruminate on his shortcomings.



WC: 386
Total WC: 386 / 1500


"Kore Regni"