my lease is up [ jewelry ]

[elijah]

[div style="margin: 0 auto; border-width:0; width: 70%; text-align: justify; font-family: arial; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 9pt;"]Elijah hasn't been making very good impressions of himself. He is an ignorant and foolish boy, too energetic for his own good and always jumping the gun with his assumptions. He thinks of the world to be safe because his mind censors the emotions he can't understand, the squirming feeling that bubbles inside of him. Instead, the child continues to smile along to his oblivious game of being too trusting, too gullible. He simply wanted to believe that everything around him was a pleasant adventure, here to babysit him on his adventures. And yet part of him still feels afraid. Sometimes the darkness causes flashes to appear in front of him, remembering a pink glow and the look of fury on each father's face. It traumatises him to think creatures could look so evil. It had all been fun and games up until now, all fantasy for his starry-eyes to twinkle at. There wasn't any laughter when his papa tried to rip into Caesar, no smiles when papi joined in for bloodshed. Fear. He doesn't truly understand the feeling other than the fact that it made him want to curl up into a ball, hide and scream until his lungs hurt or he faints. The world isn't as good as he initially thought it to be. It is dangerous, black and ugly. A putrid aura follows them all around, haunting him.

"Heus," Elijah begins, walking towards his sister and looking at the water. Ever since the day he had been caught by the waves, the child had made it his mission to learn how to swim. He found bodies of water in the depths of the rainforest, being sure to stay on the shallow side. He finds that his wings made it easier for him to stay afloat, to provide an extra boost, but the child was still incapable of swimming and being left on his own. Of course, there then came the problem of the ocean's waves that could still overpower his tiny figure. He doesn't think about it for too long. "Do you know him?" He then asks, having not heard Priscilla's earlier words due to not realising she had been speaking. Then again, he likely wouldn't have picked up that Desperado was also a unknown man to his sister. He is also hesitant to speak directly to the stranger because of Caesar. While Caesar was visibly evil in appearance which should have been a warning sign for him to tell Stella to back off, he wasn't expecting the Officer to lunge at her and cause such a scene. He didn't expect anyone to attack, didn't think anyone could be so malicious. How was he supposed to feel towards this man? He wanted to trust him but all he felt was an uneasiness towards him.