Falling for you

Noor knew Fable would rebuff her joke, even if some part of her hoped for that laugh she'd grown to adore, something she'd fished for more than she probably ought to. But it was all business... Of course it was. The sky was red, spires had sprouted from the earth on one continent and on the other tunnels had collapsed in on themselves. Their lives had been ruined, their relationship fractured and Noor had been the one to do it. She doubted she'd ever get even a sliver of it back.

Yeah okay not dwelling on that or she'd probably start crying again and she'd been doing such a good job of not doing that... Well not doing so directly in front of Fable at least. Besides Fable had slid in beside her and even the slight wince the contact caused as her sore flesh reacted couldn't stop the wild running of her mind. "Care-" And she caught herself, finding she'd been about to fall back into a joke she'd often teased Fable with. Careful, I might start to think you care. Because at the time she'd felt it was true... Noor had to turn her head away and take a deep breath. Recenter herself and when she turned back Fable had wandered slightly off into the dark. "Careful we don't actually know how stable these tunnels are." It wasn't a save, the pause between her words had been too long but it was an attempt to at least save face.

They couldn't know how long these tunnels had been here... How many years of paws on the surface had passed before they'd finally collapsed in on themselves? How many infinitesimal cracks in the walls had it taken? How many more would it take for the rest to come crashing down? "Possibly..." Noor moved up beside Fable finally, doing her best to remember where they'd been facing when she'd fallen. "If I'm right though, I think this tunnel is currently running west to east." Had she twisted in the air? Had she stood up and gotten herself turned around? Impossible to know but she hoped at least she was close. Not that those directions were much better. Further inland or... Into the sea... One certainly felt worse than the other.

"Speech"