Crystal Children

there are no markings on her country roads no signs that show the way back home Otem too, drawn inexorably to (or perhaps by) the sea, halted stiffly, suddenly unsure where she should go. She hadn't been alive when the Goddess and Kisamoa had created the crystalline tunnel beneath the Endless Blue, and so the sight of the shimmery chasm did not cause any sort of untoward feelings to well up inside of her. Though perhaps that was only because there just wasn't room for any more feelings. "I don't know about this-" The autumn-child began to murmur to Pandora, when the small owlet suddenly cut her off and hooted happily. Clicking her beak, Pandora turned her brilliant golden stare to where Maude had halted not so very far away. Surprise briefly stomped down Otem's grief, for she hadn't expected to see anyone this far out. It was as if the Rift was entirely uninhabited, like an island that only she had been deposited on. Of course that wasn't true at all, but even so, it appeared far less populated than Helovia. "Hey!" Otem called, suddenly feeling overwhelmed by loneliness. Trotting forward, the tribrid filly tried to make herself appear as unthreatening as possible. What if the girl thought she was some sort of monster from these lands come to gobble her up? "I'm from Helovia!" She added after a moment, her breath coming in short bursts as excitement and anxiety replaced her earlier surprise.

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