thanks to @hiddenhistoria for tagging me here!! it’s been a while since I participated in one of these, but here we go!!
my words are answer, quick, hair, and promise.
He looked much younger up close. Silver hoop earrings twinkled from his curtain of silvery-blond hair, his fair clear skin flushed with pink from the sun. Poe couldn’t stop herself from staring, secretly wondering what his secret was. Did eating souls eliminate acne?
“Hm,” Hao studied her carefully, his face unreadable. “That’s the thing with promises, miss. They’re strings.” He closed his hands together and opened them, revealing a white string wrapped around his fingers.
“What does this have to with—”
“Once one is made, you snap the tethers of the fibers.” He made a scissoring motion, and the string fell limply around both hands. “Then, you’re left with two halves, both of which exist on their own. You cannot repair a split string. It cannot be undone.”
Poe’s frustration grew with every cryptic word he spoke as she fought the urge to lunge forward and shake the answers out of him herself. Honestly, some people just didn’t know how to cut to the chase.
“I have responsibilities back at home,” Poe replied in a quick lie. “And when one has duties, it becomes their duty to fulfill them.”
okay, I’m gonna tag @writingbyjillian @wordsbynathan @chazwrites @andiwriteunderthemoon and @writing-with-melon and anyone else who wants to do this!!
your words are lock, whisper, note, and wind
