* chapter ii: life / exploring

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EXP: 2%

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NAME: ...NOBODY?
GENDER: NOTHING? ¦ LEVEL: 2 ¦ ♡: 1
STR: 1 ¦ DEF: 1 ¦ CON: 1 ¦ DEX: 1 ¦ INT: 1
PER: 2 ¦ CHR: 1 ¦ AGL: 1 ¦ WIL: 1 ¦ LCK: 1

A sigh. Small, as They is. Feeble, as Their heart. Shaky, as Their mind can ever be. Melancholy spills from tiny teeth, as throat burns the way Their eyes are now. Visions blurs, and everyone is carrying the face of Unknown. Intentions hides well behind deformed eyes that are different from each other, yet, how they all breathe the same air in the end. Feels too close. Feels too much. Look away. Go away.

Once They is under the palm tree, soft gaze turns from Elijah and settles on the sands. A sniffle. A crack of sadness. They flinches at how loud it sounded and lifts a forepaw to rub Their eyes, may it be either from the rains or tears that set them ablaze. Bodies flickers before Them. All in dressed of black. Their teeth shines too brightly than They recalled. Such sights makes Them rock in Their seat. Back and forth. Forth and back.

"You don't have a name?"

Earthly tenderness soon melts with the droplets. They hangs the silence oner the question. It stays for a moment before They takes it down. Slow, almost in a way if They do otherwise, reality will break. Already, the world trembles beneath Them. "Dou-ough..." They responds to Elijah, Their tone matches with his—quiet. Let the rain speak for Them. Let the rain weep for Them. Let the rain wash Them whole, as They closes Their eyes and breathes.

"I think there's still a book in mama's house that has baby names. After the rain I can take you there and I can find a name to call you."

Streams on face, mixed with pieces of Nature and Themself. Beauty and Affliction. Tragedy do Their heart sings about at this very Time. Rocking back and forth. Rocking forth and back. They only opens Their eyes and, once more, They tries to bump Elijah with Their head. Gentle, can Their gesture bring warmness to a soul. It do not bite, when it is a sign of acceptance. Will it spread and become a mark of gratitude. A beautiful gift. Sincerely, from Them.

(  * Elijah ▲  )

"A-Are you cold?"

"Coh...? N-no..." They attempts to place Their forepaw over Elijah's and They smiles at him. It is not much, with all trembling lips and teeth feels strange on fragile flesh, but They tries. For Themself. For Elijah.

"You... wua-wuahm... me... An kuh, Eh-Eeah..."