lotus-eater

Maki blinked. She'd already realised she didn't have wings, or at least they hadn't grown in yet. But did she even really need them to fly? It seemed so easy in her mind, she could picture it as clear as day, it felt like it could be as real as the grass beneath their paws. Her lips twisted, ears flicking to the sides a little as she seriously considered her sister's words, thinking it through like it was a feasible problem to be solved.

"The dragons in Daddy's stories fly without wings, why can't I?" She posed back, wholly believing that said dragons were true and real.