[AW] Break through the surface and breathe

[Averin]

averin ILLUSION NEVER CHANGED INTO SOMETHING REAL Averin was calm at the quick, relieved word that Only spoke in response to the virgin status; enough liked the idea of going where on one had gone before and having something untouched to touch for themselves. That was what Averin thought the words had meant, and he could say that he was glad that it made Only happy. What he couldn't quite figure out was what his own feelings on the matter were. Unconcerned for the most part, maybe. Whatever happened, happened. There would be another day after that, however things went. Averin could adjust to whatever purpose he had; this he felt sure about, at least. Always the silver lining to find in every situation. He was alive, and he wasn't lost anymore. Good things, so what was a little change in lifestyle to that? If he wasn't certain about his own thoughts about it, then that was something that he needed to figure out for himself. This was not something that he felt he needed to be too concerned about. Then again he was getting the whole thing wrong in this instance, though he has no way to know that at first. He is quiet as he moves along near Only, following and saying nothing more after his question that lingers there in the space between them, unanswered. And maybe the silence is enough for Averin, because he does not ask it again. Doesn't ask any other question in the silence that pans out around them in the autumn breeze. A part of him wanted to reach out and tug gently at Only's mane, but he refrains from the actual action. It was far too forward of him, though he still simply wanted to convey the message that he was accepting of whatever this was and whatever it would be. He had no idea what kind of situation he had found himself in, after all. No clue on how deep and dark it could go. But Averin is content in his role, because it was a role he knew very well. He was good at it, and so it worked out. Averin couldn't place what was going on with Only, because it was clear that something was, just not what. So Averin wasn't sure if he should be nervous or apologising or trying to coax out a smile from Only right now. The uncertainty was knawing at him, and he actually stops when Only speaks again. Confusion darts across his expression, and he half hops to keep up when he can get his legs to work again; ears flicking forward to listen to what Only was saying next. Averin blinks at the way Only says the last bid, but he nods shyly. "As you wish." Is the still confused reply. Averin doesn't understand it all, but he would do as he was told. That underlaying urge to reach out to Only is stronger now, and Averin struggles to hold himself back, because it sounded more like Only wanted to keep space between them. Making sense out of whatever was really going on here did not look very promising to Averin at the moment. He mulls over everything that had been said in the resuming silence, though it didn't last long enough for Averin to come up with anything that shined a light on what he had learned. Or what he had failed to learn, rather. Wide eyes was what answered the things that Only was saying next, and while he had the answer to at least one of the questions, Averin was busy debating the other part; how many out there would want to tear him apart. But why, he wanted to ask, though he doesn't get that far when Only speaks again. Tells him that his name would be Trouble. At this, Averin wilts. Just like an unwatered flower; wings drooping, shoulders slumped, head lowering, ears flopping down. Averin did not want to be trouble in any form of the word, but he cannot argue with a name given to him by his new master, or whatever it should represent. He just takes it quietly, pained by how it makes him feel. He had heard the worry in Only's tone, but it doesn't soothe Averin's churning thoughts. The commands -- this is what he views them to be -- has him sighing. "How, with the caravan; because virgins cost more." He says flatly. The question has long since passed, but he answered it anyway. "I know some about healing plants and herbs, taking care of youngs ones, taking orders and doing small tasks. Surviving." He isn't sure what else there was to say, but that was all that came to mind on the spot. I'M WIDE AWAKE AND I CAN SEE THE PERFECT SKY IS TORN

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