red sun in the morning, sailor's warning

Hikaru was frozen in shock as he watched in slow motion as Odette tumbled onto the ground and Mortis swiftly pulled her from the toxic earth. Relief flooded through him as the girl was soothed and obviously unharmed. He moved in closer to the two of them, though he wasn’t far to begin with. They were safer together after all. As he stepped forward Mortis gently placed the girl on his own back, her weight fitting perfectly behind his shoulders as she held on tightly.

Mortis spread his wing protectively over the both of them as he answered their sweet daughter, after her little fall he didn’t even remember what he’d been going to say. The words made Hika giggle, and hopefully lightened the mood for all of them. "Another symptom of this crazy day, hmm?” He asked with as much lightness as he could muster with their surroundings.


"Speech"