One moment I’m basking in the warmth of the afternoon sun, the next I see nothing but darkness through my eyelids, as if the day were interrupted by a solar eclipse. I open my eyes to find out what blocked out my sun, only to see the grand bird form of my brother. He gracefully lands a few yards away from me with his wings outstretched, the rays of the sun glinting off his wings making the gold and blue of his feathers shine majestically. He flaps his wings as he quickly takes his human form, then picks a few objects up from the ground and walks over to me.
“There are over a million mountains in the world, Aya. You landing on mine is no coincidence,” I tease.
“Yours? Did you go and purchase Helvellyn and not tell me?” he mocks, throwing a small object my way, which I instinctively catch
