AloneThe water flowed past my head, pulling my fur along with it. The sun hung in the sky above me, its rays carrying a flat, muted heat.
“It’s the same sun,” I said, then coughed out a hollow laugh.
I had spent so many days looking up at that sun, trying to find the inspiration my mom and Delsaran had taken from it. And now, though it shone high in the sky, it left me cold.
My mother had said our gods would protect me here; whenever I missed home, I could look up and be connected to it. But I no longer felt like I had a home to be connected to.
Delsaran had told me to just live in the moment, and relish in its warmth and life. And he stuck to that, even as it killed him.
I cried. Angry, sad, bitter, resentful, lonely tears.
As the sun set, my tears dried. I felt more exhausted than
