safe and sound --- visitor

[suvi.]

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— T͏O̴G͠ETH͏ER̕ ÁT̴ ̸T̕H̶E ST͏ART̶ O͏F̀ ̵TI̡M͏E —

A brief panic.  Tightening in her chest.  He doesn't recognize me.  Did she?  Yet soon enough words of concern cut through the air.  Ever-running on, as her brother seemed prone to do.  The familiarity of his voice began soothing her.  Soft, she sniffled, shaking her head, and the tears, away.  The mention of her older sister caught her off-guard, but he continued without a beat.

As her vision cleared, she found her breath.  Ears remained flat against her skull, soft white paws trembling beneath her.  Wolf.  Fox.  Her throat tightens, cutting off a jumble of words, confused thoughts and warring memories.  Always a wolf.  Always a fox.  Both true, untrue.  "..."

"… A-an accident.  I didn't m-mean to be... Both." M̶͜a̢ke̶̡ s̸̸en̶s̵̛͝e?҉̕͠  "I-I mean... I... I-I dunno... I-it was an... Accident," her voice turns softer, a mumble.  The memory faint, lost in the sea of two joint minds.  "B-but 'm okay... T-this way." I think. B͞͠҉̴u͢t̢ ̸̧́w̡̕h҉̨ò̧ ̴̢̛͘a̵̡̕͡m̸̸̷̢̨ ͘̕͏͢͜I̷̛?̷̸̷̶͡

"…"  Silent the shuffle of paws.  Her teeth caught the inside of her cheek.  Her fur pricks, suddenly conscious.  Hurt.  Frightened.  Weak.  "… Th-that's Wormwood," a quiet offering, blank.  Painful the memory of bone cracking, endless the repetition like a broken record.  A job finished.  Her vision seemed dizzy, for a moment.

"… I-I can take you... T-to town, C-Conrí.  Y-you can stay with me... While you visit." I̵̵̕ ̧̕͟͢͞d̡́ǫ̀͟͜n̶̢͏'̡͞͡ţ͟͜ ̀w̶̧a̕͜n͘҉̢t̡́͡͡ ̕͜t͘͝ò̡͢͡ ̀͜b̴̛ȩ̵͟͞ ̢͝a̸̶͟҉̀l̴̨͘ơn̡҉̵͞e͏̢̡҉̷ ̴͠a̵̶͡ǹ͜͡͝ỳm̷̀͞o͠͝͏̵̡ŗ̕̕e̢͏͜.̷

✯ — suvi kiira ní faoláin. female. medic of tanglewood. beta of the typhoon. arctic fox.  ref. bio.