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Isibel ✧ "Sarion" ([personal profile] small_magics) wrote2013-04-11 10:33 am

why me?

Isibel spends her last day on the island flying, and then she rejoins her expedition, and packs, and sleeps, and in the dawnlight she gets back on the boat to sail back to the Elven Lands.

She is kept quite occupied with small magics to keep the ship operating smoothly, and also with notebooking - writing quite small, as she brought more than enough notebooks for three weeks but then unexpectedly used many of them to draw and write with the demon and has only half of one left for several days at sea.

They land on the shore of the Elven Lands on schedule, and disembark.
pythbox: A book. (Default)

[personal profile] pythbox 2013-04-11 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"And I am sorry," says Ancaladar. There is a general murmur of agreement.

Then they start talking about which dragons will visit the island. Saravasse volunteers to lead them.
endragoned: (⑧ the local river)

[personal profile] endragoned 2013-04-12 01:49 am (UTC)(link)




The demon lands in front of her on an open stretch of path.
endragoned: (⑪ anything for you)

[personal profile] endragoned 2013-04-12 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
He gets down on her level and wraps his arms around her and hugs her gently, his wings arched around them like a tent, murmuring something in his own language.
endragoned: (⑮ a little blood)

[personal profile] endragoned 2013-04-12 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't care about the world," he says softly. "I care about you. If this is how you feel about this thing, then do not do it."
endragoned: (⑩ let me float away)

[personal profile] endragoned 2013-04-12 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
The demon hugs her some more.
endragoned: (⑪ anything for you)

[personal profile] endragoned 2013-04-12 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"You can," he murmurs. "People do that. Even people who are not demons."
endragoned: (⑭ want to pick my bones)

[personal profile] endragoned 2013-04-12 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
He sighs, and hugs her.

"I love you," he says. "I don't want you to be unhappy."
endragoned: (⑦ make me better)

[personal profile] endragoned 2013-04-12 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"If you are sure," he says, "I will take you to my love."
endragoned: (⑪ anything for you)

[personal profile] endragoned 2013-04-12 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
He scoops her into his arms and stands, stretching his wings.
endragoned: (⑩ let me float away)

[personal profile] endragoned 2013-04-12 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
By that time, they are in the air, headed for a different part of the island.

The dragon is hunting.

When they land, he is just in the process of scooping a giant turtle out of its shell, his wings spread to catch the sun.
endragoned: (⑤ is this love)

[personal profile] endragoned 2013-04-12 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes," says the dragon.

He looks up from his meal. His eyes are still brilliantly green, greener than grass, greener than leaves. Green like fireworks.
endragoned: (⑪ anything for you)

[personal profile] endragoned 2013-04-12 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
The first obvious thing about the bond is that they love her, both of them - that's not always true, with co-Bondmates, but it is true here.

The second is that there are not really three people here. There are two, in three bodies. The demon and the dragon are not at all shy about Isibel seeing into their thoughts, and in the newness of the bond that is still possible. They are one, in a way that dragon and Bonded usually aren't. Two separate experiences of the world, two separate voices, but one unified mind.

And they love her, and they are sorry.

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