the hardest lessons

Selene was skipping through the sand. The dark pebbles were all glittery. Her elbows and knees were getting a little itchier around the nubs lately. Maybe her spurs were getting bigger! But Dad and Cit had one spur on each leg, she had a bunch of nubs all over her elbows and knees. And today they itched.

She tilted her head at a curious scene unfolding on the beach. Her brother Citadel was attempting to climb on some posts she didn't see there yesterday. He seemed to climb up and then lose his footing, then he was hanging on the post with his legs dangling. After a breath of seeing his sigh and just dangle there she picked up her pace and loped briskly up to him.

"Cit... Whatcha doin? You build this?" She asked, her tail waving back and forth. Some of these posts were kinda high... She jumped at one of them, scrambling for purchase trying to pull herself up to the thin top. But she couldn't quite get there and slunk back down to the black sands.



"Citadel"||"Selene"