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Kyou looked out from her Weyr. The echo of silence ringing outwards. Only one thought could sober the spit-fire like a tsunami on a wildfire. Sheath chirped sliding her dexterous green tail around Kyou’s midriff. Kyou felt cold, her bare skin not radiating warmth and vibrant energy as it normally did.
Dull frozen blue eyes looked outwards from the shadows of her haven. An ache throbbed bitterly in her heart. It was always there the little divot in her cheery façade and once every so often the divot became a crack and let memories swim to the surface.
She’d been a mother once. Holding an energetic little baby girl to her chest. Giggling with her daughter as she took her first steps, said her first words and played games of peek-a-boo. Kyou had held her daughter high, spinning the girl until both of them were gasping through laughter, until Kylin wore herself out and settled down to sleep.
Kyou felt dead of life remembering her baby wheeze and cough. The crying that got quieter with each day as her energy was burned up by the fever. So many had been sick but Kyou could only recall Kylin’s suffering. Sweet sleep had finally claimed the babe, and Kyou had watched helpless to do anything as the hours ticked by and that little chest stopped rising and falling.
Sheath didn’t want to intrude on her riders thoughts. She felt cool droplets splash the hide of her tail. Sheath eased Kyou away from the entrance and into her side, where she wrapped her rider in green wings.
There was a lot about Kyou’s adventures that no one but Sheath knew. Through loss of friends, betrayals and heartbreak Kyou remained a stable source of cheer and energy. She was a fixture of positive optimism and spunk , except for one day. No one but Sheath had ever seen the WLM cry. Sheath her wings spread shielded her rider from view. The dragon had decided in the past, present and future that no one but her would ever see Kyou’s tears.
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Kyou of Green Sheath (137B69)
Sahdaiyes HAD
Miramay, Silvi and the condiment kids- NPCs
Agatha- old renegade
Tooly- troublemaker candidate
Fl'ite of Brown Stealth
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Journeys between the betweens, recounts and snippets of Kyou's past
