you're waiting for a train...

Grai listened and his heart hurt. He had always been afraid of Kel’s last thoughts. He had been dead when Grai had found his broken body. The vivid image was always threatening to rear its head when he thought of family, of home, and alone. Poor Shiraz. Then Dogun asks to move to the forest.

“Of course,” Grai could see the small herd gathered below them. Was Dogun afraid of showing weakness in front of the women? He didn’t know, but he moved to walk alongside the pony. He sighed and looked down. “I’m sure Shiraz was grateful for someone there at the end.”

His brown eyes sought the skyline. There wasn’t much to be said about that. He couldn’t understand why Macabre would leave him to die alone. Then again, he didn’t know if he could stand there and watch a child’s life slip away. Death was a strange thing and it tended to haunt people for a very long time.

((OOC — I think we can wrap this up here. A new thread soon?))

a train that will take you far away

GRAI ^{STALLION * SIX * MIXED * CHESTNUT * 15.2 HH * THE INLET * FATHER TO NONE * BADR X VESTI}