by wolves+horses » Sat Oct 29, 2011 9:32 am
[Yeah, sorry so much for the trouble, but thanks!]
Linaya and her brother Shade walked along, a pang of hopelessness in each step. They had, of course, never been abandoned before. Why did it have to be this way? Linaya, hoping to please her brother, which was tough enough without the circumstances, decided to speak up about something, even if minor. "Um, Shade?" she said, searching frantically for a topic. He looked at her, almost a glare, and didn't lift his head. Something echoed in Linaya's ear, but Shade hadn't heard it through his sorrow. "What?", his eyes seemed to ask. "Well," she replied, "Did-did... you hear that sound? The rustling?"