09-25-2023, 08:23 PM
" AND I WOKE UP TO THE SUNRISE! I WOKE UP TO YOUR GOODBYES! "
War was always the same. Perhaps only the methods of waging it changed over time, but battle and blood were the grit and meat of war, a disagreement that flared up in the faces of those who waged it. He couldn't understand it. He hadn't understood it ages ago in Ephixia, he hadn't understood it when he'd been an innocent victim of it. He still hadn't understood it when his head was so badly damaged when he was captured, so badly damaged that he'd lost the ability to hear.
He still couldn't understand it now, standing in the middle of a heaving battlefield. What if Captain called a retreat? He couldn't hear it. What if a crew mate went down in battle? He couldn't hear their cries for help.
A shiver ran down the siren's spine, so far from the thrill of hunting. He was prey, standing here. He wasn't a predator that could attack indiscriminately. Taking a breath before it was forced from his lungs as a weight barreled into him from behind, his hind legs folding under the unexpected weight in a knee-jerk reaction. Yelp escaping from him in surprise, the siren twisting as he tried to get a glimpse of his attacker.
Met by the jarring pain of weight pushing him down, the siren struggled as teeth locked into his scruff, pulling a frightened sound from the beast. He couldn't tell who or what was on top of him but it had teeth and it seemed to be smaller than he was. Taking a deep breath, the bigger canid struggled under Kiara, attempting to throw her off balance by twisting side to side. He only hoped it would work, hoping that her paws wouldn't find purchase on his scales.
He still couldn't understand it now, standing in the middle of a heaving battlefield. What if Captain called a retreat? He couldn't hear it. What if a crew mate went down in battle? He couldn't hear their cries for help.
A shiver ran down the siren's spine, so far from the thrill of hunting. He was prey, standing here. He wasn't a predator that could attack indiscriminately. Taking a breath before it was forced from his lungs as a weight barreled into him from behind, his hind legs folding under the unexpected weight in a knee-jerk reaction. Yelp escaping from him in surprise, the siren twisting as he tried to get a glimpse of his attacker.
Met by the jarring pain of weight pushing him down, the siren struggled as teeth locked into his scruff, pulling a frightened sound from the beast. He couldn't tell who or what was on top of him but it had teeth and it seemed to be smaller than he was. Taking a deep breath, the bigger canid struggled under Kiara, attempting to throw her off balance by twisting side to side. He only hoped it would work, hoping that her paws wouldn't find purchase on his scales.
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BUT I STILL NEED YOU TO EASE MY LOAD, HOLD ME CLOSE WHEN THE LIGHTNING STRIKES, LEAD ME HOME WHEN I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY IS RIGHT. LOVE ME WHEN IT'S HARD, I PROMISE THAT I'M NOT LEAVING FROM YOUR SIDE. AND WHEN I FALL APART, PROMISE IN THE DARK YOU'LL BE MY NIGHTLIGHT.
siren - ♂ - calico | sea wolf - Ψ - farmer