IN ALL MY DREAMS
I DROWN
Sometimes we spend our time waiting around for a thing to happen. Minutes, hours, days. Just waiting. Moonstruck knew about waiting, which was exactly why she didn’t have the patience for it. Thankfully, there are moments where we find that we don’t have to wait at all. Instant gratification. That’s what this stranger’s approach was to her and watching him, she couldn’t help but make a noise that was trapped somewhere between a humm and a purr.
He certainly wasn’t threatening, the mare decided, as he ambled his way forward with clear excitement in his movements. It was a contagious feeling causing her to hop forward in an awkward way once he was close, nose bumping into his and collecting that thick smell of breath and skin. Moonstruck lingered there but a moment before tossing her head back and sidestepping away. The small smile that had been on her black lips widened as she fell still and shifted her weight, comfortable with the small distance now between them.
Thinking as he speaks, she cocks her head to the side much like a curious bird before answering, “Your words are familiar, but in a foggy way.”, the pale creature breathes out in a voice that rises and falls like she would rather be singing, “And what time is it? I do hope I’m not late.”
But she didn’t get her answer because as fate would have it, they were no longer alone in this dying meadow. Such a small thing, she thought, even as the new arrival spit out blasphemy. Oddly enough, it was endearing. So much pain can be behind the things we say. She watches her surge, then falter, offering a softening of her emotions in the form of sympathy. Moonstruck’s eyes watched her, reflecting the scene before her.
“So...” She began softly, tipping her head in a quaint way to the other side as if a different angle would make things clearer, “What you are saying is, I’m not late. I’m forsaken.” and Moonstruck nodded her head at her own words, as if they made perfect sense.
“There are worse things than forsaken, yes? If the gods can’t hear us, they can't stop us either.”
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