6/1/2025, 10:33 PM
kirain's energy was so tied to that of lestan he felt its electricity in his own body. dry-mouthed, the mayfair moved alongside his mate in bleak silence. the sounds of their forested world kept its quiet, and whenhis paws touched into the rich dark loam, he knew at once that something was amiss. it swayed him with deep nausea; his connection to the land sickening the druidwitch for a wild moment, but worse was the fact that nothing to his eye had changed.
that the shift was unseen and therefore more volatile than he had expected. he made himself stride forward to test the water, to dip a paw and to taste with unerring confidence that he simply did not feel. immediately did the skin upon his palm tingle; at once did his tongue leap with a sour bitterness not unlike meat gone high and poisonous.
he spat it deliberately and crowded back against kirain, seeking to push his wife back from the wormwood waters.
what had happened?
he did not understand.
that the shift was unseen and therefore more volatile than he had expected. he made himself stride forward to test the water, to dip a paw and to taste with unerring confidence that he simply did not feel. immediately did the skin upon his palm tingle; at once did his tongue leap with a sour bitterness not unlike meat gone high and poisonous.
he spat it deliberately and crowded back against kirain, seeking to push his wife back from the wormwood waters.
it is ruined,he said in meandering wonder, eyes flickering up toward its source and then to her somber pale features.
what had happened?
he did not understand.