a torrid love affair.

Oh, my tongue's the only muscle in my body that works harder than my heart A predatory snap to the turn of her head. Korri tensed, prepared to take wing once more despite the distance between them, but it was just that: a turn of the head. Across the distance, the two of them appraised each other. She was wrong no matter how much he looked, her face like a kaleidoscope, her limbs matchsticks beneath her, the light refracting off her coat. A nightmare, Korri thought. Was this something the Rift had made? Or had it... done something to her? He couldn't stop looking, even though a healthy portion of his mind screamed run away! "Hello, fluffy." Well, Korri had been given worse nicknames. He supposed this one was appropriate, but he didn't like the way she looked at him. It reminded him of a leopard seal, or maybe an orca. Hers was a killing smile. Korri leaned his head back down again, though, hoping she couldn't make it up to him. He wasn't sure how he ought to answer her question. Did she mean the falls? The water itself? Was there something to it? He glanced askance at the ruby waters, and a horrible thought struck him: did drinking it make her what she was? Just in case, he edged aside a single step. Apparently unperturbed by his silence, the creature was speaking again, and he pricked his ears to listen. "Oh!" he heard himself say, though perhaps she missed his voice against the roar of the falls. "Sun stealers?" Korri took a step forward, craning his neck down further. He stood precariously near the edge, but he wanted to hear everything she had to say. "Are you saying they stole this waterfall? How... did they do that?" Korri's wings flexed as he leaned farther forward. "Were they...." Here he paused, searching for a word. Unable to find it, he compromised. "Did they look like me?"

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@Miin
ooc// I love her ;__;