How to Catch a Fish

 
The roar of crashing water is what had drawn the youth here. Galahad had enjoyed in the past scouting out his surroundings, knowing each well, and the same he’d hoped to do now. Hoping it bring….some calm to the chaos that had become his mind. As he weaved among the tide pools and trees his mind still continued to drift off. He was in the Rift. Again. But this time he was alone. Thranduil, if he had been caught in the snow storm had yet to be found, and there was no sign of Ma, or Casca. He had met a few creatures here, but the youth was out here, quietly wandering…He experienced a feeling he hadn’t in so long. He was lonely.

Horned head ducked below a low branch of a mangrove and he slipped from the small grove into the sun towards another. For two years he’d been with the gold, and though it was not always the easiest life, he was in a place familiar, with a creature who, though may cause pain, he could trust still. Now for the first time he felt exposed, and beyond the walls of safety. The young buck had surely gained enough confidence to not curl up in a small ball like he would as a colt, but he felt the feeling all the same. Especially here, in the Rift, where he’d been given his cursed feathers.

Hoof steps in water, splashing him and scattering fish. It wakes him from his mindless walk, and the youth stops. Sea blue eyes wander across the landscape around him, as if he hadn’t realized he was there. Ahead birds called out, and the mangroves rustled in the wind. Below the fish were collecting themselves once more in their small pool, and the plants on the sides of the pool looked colorful and thriving. One pale gold hark slides back. This place was….beautiful. Was it really the Rift? The other hark slides back. Perhaps he was being too quick to judge. Perhaps…The young buck exhales and steps from the water. Alone he might be, but as the gold had always said, you never knew when you’d find an opportunity. Of course he meant an opportunity to rob, trick, or wound another….Galahad was merely looking for a distraction….perhaps company.

 
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