Bridges We Built

upon the rift of a breeze, he caught the scent of his older sister. for a moment, he questioned whether to disturb her or not. wondering if he was unwanted there. Nike always made it clear that keeping himself limited was best. that not everyone appreciated his gifts and talents.. let alone his company. his family held him in such a captive state, influencing his behavior even while distant from him. he thus felt a ping of shame fill his rounded belly; because the relief he felt, the freedom he now had, was everything he wanted for months now. dare he say since he was born. but he couldn't share this feeling, these emotions with anyone. it risked his exile and surely, his head by the might of Nike and the elders in his family clan. Érebos was merciful that day they came to insomnia borders. had Father, Nike or even grandfather been around to see that, it would've surely ended in blood. because the dunamis were kept on their toes no matter how much they bled and cracked. no relief for them in the world their family confined them to. no cure for the pain they were born into. rigid and filled with thorns, zephyros learned to crave the tightness of the chains draped in gold that they all called the dunamis legacy. Zeph knew better.. it was a birthright curse. but he'd never share that aloud, not even with his sister who might've been suffering all the same internally.
and for a moment, he was deep in his own thought while he stared at the ground, sitting all this time upon a neighboring hill in the dark night. it's when the shuffling of nearby deer broke his trance of deeper ponder that he finally did rise up to head towards Enyo.
after some minutes, he came to approach from her right with not even a pant seizing his breath. his mountainous form coming to loom over the woman as he came to lay next to his sibling had she not moved. he joined her view, looking far over the valley. speaking only after some moments of silence passed. "Can't sleep?" he poked, trying to figure what was on her mind.


"talk" - "think"