i aim to be lionhearted
He breathes out, and the ash scatters further across the sky.
Realistically, he knows that these two actions are not related -- that his wild magic has always been that of the mind, that it has never shown an inkling of being able to influence the natural elements -- but he is still terrified, as he stares up at that sprawling ash cloud, that his own rotten luck and his out-of-control magic has something to do with the recent disasters.
First the fires in Denocte, and now this trembling of the earth beneath his hooves, the fleeing of the frightened crabs that veered around him as though he were simply another rock in their way, and if he were devout (or if he believed in a god at all) he might have fallen to his knees then and there to pray that they might forgive him for whatever transgression he has managed this time.
Instead, he stares up at a sky that has swallowed the stars, dread coiling in his stomach and doubt in his heart, and he questions what he has done.
Realistically, he knows that these two actions are not related -- that his wild magic has always been that of the mind, that it has never shown an inkling of being able to influence the natural elements -- but he is still terrified, as he stares up at that sprawling ash cloud, that his own rotten luck and his out-of-control magic has something to do with the recent disasters.
First the fires in Denocte, and now this trembling of the earth beneath his hooves, the fleeing of the frightened crabs that veered around him as though he were simply another rock in their way, and if he were devout (or if he believed in a god at all) he might have fallen to his knees then and there to pray that they might forgive him for whatever transgression he has managed this time.
Instead, he stares up at a sky that has swallowed the stars, dread coiling in his stomach and doubt in his heart, and he questions what he has done.
***STAFF EDIT
@valefor has rolled a 4! He has been awarded +80 signos
