[ TYRNE HALE - TASK 001 ]
ROUGH bark beneath your fingers as you climb, waves crashing against cliffs mid-storm, the ground meeting your skin when you trip.
HIDE and seek. pelts and leathers, the hunt.
SAD chasing the bottom of a cask of mead. forgetting.
LOVE a deep red egg beckoning you closer.
FOREST rhion, running, dappled sunlight, home.
WHITE snow in the mountains, rough tundra, the overcast sky bright and featureless.
SKY navigating by the stars, telling time by the sun, a constant companion. until recently, unreachable.
RESPONSIBILITY rippling maroon scales, leathery wings unfurling like sails, saddle polish, the open sky.
WATER a cool cloth on a feverish forehead, snow melting over a raw wound, healing. jumping from rocks into forest pools in high summer, huddling in the rain, drops dripping from the tip of your nose. life.
DRAGONS ancient power, a sky aflame, legend, myth.
CHILD protect, play, care.
FATHER warm calloused hands, the sweet smell of hay in the stables, hot iron, crooked grin. weak, rattling coughs. bile, blood.
HURT kicking, writhing, fighting. the glint of a rusted old blade. jaw, throat, chest wet with crimson. mongrel, knife ear.
MOUNTAINS watching your step, the sparkle in a single dark eye, the earth rising to grasp at the sky.
MAGIC a thrumming in your blood. unpredictable, neutral.