[She smiles with equal warmth, noting the flowers and the leaves that grow across the trees behind him, even as she gazes up into his eyes, finding the strength that she needs within them. The strength that she needs to hold him up should he stumble on the way. It isn't much, but it's something... a little bit of colour and life in an otherwise bleak landscape, but it's a start, and proof that they really can heal this place. Even if it took them weeks, months, years, she would refuse to give up on it.
As his fingers caress her cheek, she closes her eyes and holds him tight, taking a moment to soak this in. After everything that they've had to go through today, in such a short and sudden span of time too, she figures that she isn't the only one that needs a moment to just breathe.]
Mm. The horses are probably worried.
[Her arm slips out from around him to touch his necklace, the empty glass charm dangling within her line of sight, and she holds it against her palm. Hollow as it is, however, there is a single drop of blue within, shimmering as bright as ever.]
Gotta get back to filling these up again, too.
[Surely they will fill by the time the night is through...
For now, she's happy to just be walking with him, safe and sound, her hand in his, and in their wake, they unknowingly leave a trail of flower buds. They may not see them fully bloom, and they may wither by the time they leave, but it's that small glimmer of hope that this place, and the kirins, need.
🎀
As his fingers caress her cheek, she closes her eyes and holds him tight, taking a moment to soak this in. After everything that they've had to go through today, in such a short and sudden span of time too, she figures that she isn't the only one that needs a moment to just breathe.]
Mm. The horses are probably worried.
[Her arm slips out from around him to touch his necklace, the empty glass charm dangling within her line of sight, and she holds it against her palm. Hollow as it is, however, there is a single drop of blue within, shimmering as bright as ever.]
Gotta get back to filling these up again, too.
[Surely they will fill by the time the night is through...
For now, she's happy to just be walking with him, safe and sound, her hand in his, and in their wake, they unknowingly leave a trail of flower buds. They may not see them fully bloom, and they may wither by the time they leave, but it's that small glimmer of hope that this place, and the kirins, need.
...
Now, and in the months to come...]