would lead it to a path of healing. a single squeeze was returned, steps unsteady but unwavering. proximity maintained, pulled onward by the horizon, with no wheat fields in sight, though their memory burned brighter than ever. ❫ where ...
❪ hesitation and refusal had become second nature, yet at the world’s end and beginning, there was a frightening liberation from them. the heart was a heavy burden, one it had never learned to bear; perhaps fingers curled around sharp talons
❪ confussion marred weary—features, a curl of claws around inviting hand bringing it closer to that brilliant, radiating sun, shining so brightly, full of only ███. briefly nodding, casting a glance over the tranquil surroundings. ❫