The soothing sounds of the traveling river lull the child as once more her eyes wander at the world around her. Until this day she never would have thought this would have existed for she knew nothing more than her flat plains. The thought of Asteraia seems to cause another ache to settle in heart at the loss of her home but she cannot deny the hope that perhaps somewhere her family could find another loving place to call home. Even when the only remaining remnants she had of her father was back among the plains he would forever live in her, through her. And she hopes one day he would be proud of her. As a small smile stretches her lips and a single tear spills from the corner of her eye. Yeah, one day.
It is as she sits along the shore of the river does a scent slowly begin to find itself in her lungs, at first she thinks it is just teasing her. To think she would find him so close in this big world? Well the odds were small but she can't stop the small burst of warmth at the scent that seems to grow and grow around her. Hazie? His name sends her tail to thrum softly along the grass as the world that once captivated her eyes now loses her attention as pale green eyes shift and turn seeking what she hopes is real instead of imagination. As her head turns, ears catching the sounds of someone approaching from behind and the sight that greets her makes her feel as if they were back in the plains, as she waited for him at her den with a fluffy flower. When there was no loss, no pain, just happiness.
"Hazie." His name is a breathless escape of happiness as though green eyes light up at the lumbering dark figure. Feet cannot grip the earth fast enough as they dig into the bank and propel the distance that separates her from him. Despite the fact she is still just a child she feels like a pup in his presence, the way her little body seems to wiggle as if she will fall apart from all the movement. And then she is at his feet, weaving her somewhat slightly larger frame in between his legs as she once had done back when things were less troubled. This, this was family. This was happiness when the world seemed slightly darker. Like her mother and siblings, like Reich, Hazie too held a spot in her life that would be irreplaceable.
For a moment she just relishes in the contact of finding him. Pausing after a few moments, to stand idle straight below him; her head resting against his front legs, breathing him in. A small slip of breathless laughter escapes as her soft voice mingles within.
"But you're here Hazie, I'm not alone." Tipping her head back to grin up at him even though he will not see it, he could probably imagine the sight, until it falls abruptly from her lips as a small whisper escapes.
"I wasn't sure I would see you again, when they.. they took our home away.." She pauses at the heaviness in her voice before continuing.
"Are you well? Did you find shelter? Are you hungry? You can come with us to Spirane, I'll take care of you." To her she would move mountains, the same mountains that just now may be her home to make any of her family happy, Haziel included. She never wanted him to alone or uncared for and her offer is one a child would make to someone they love, someone they never want to lose. For in her mind her love in unstoppable, unbreakable, and forever loyal no matter what may stand in the way.
She knows her questions were rushed and it would be rude for her to ask more of him when he probably had yet to absorb her first. So calmly does she rest her head once again at his forelegs, happy and content that she had not lost him forever. Patiently waiting for him to reply but prepared to move at the slightest hint that he needed something from her.
semele
you steal my heart