Serenity

Alpine blinked in silent astonishment as unshod tears seemed to glisten with her sapphire orbs, crystallising them beneath the sheen of the unspilt liquid. He could not have expected this wolf who had seemed to glow in such a brilliance of strength, spirit and even sas that he could not fathom why, what had brought those little flecks of sadness to her eyes. His look when he levelled it on her was filled with a tender gentleness. Warmth, even as she turned her gaze away from him. There was something about seeing it in her that changed his opinion ever so slightly of her, from the fiery strength she had levelled at him in a flurry of emotion to the sadness that glistened in her orbs. It was like accidental catching a glimpse of the good in someone.


He doubted her thoughts had been down the road of 'nothing important' as she had claimed but he did not argue against I, watching as she rose from her seated position and seemed to take command of herself again. He was however caught off guard with her question to his own past and he took a moment, blinking beneath the onslaught of her curious gaze before he spoke.
?Somewhere far away from here, its wolves and places are lost to me now, so I suppose I could say I could say I cam from nowhere?
There was a deep sadness in his own tones, he had never told another of his past and couldn't even fathom to begin to do so now.
?And what of you, where did you come from Liberty??
She had risen but he unpolitely remained on his hunches, his gaze lingered on her a moment more before falling back to the rapids and he would the urge to sigh from the sudden melancholy that seemed to sweep over him.


"Speech"