Mangrove Tidepools
03-03-2018, 10:07 AM
It is both pitiful and horrifying; the stands of mangroves bending in towards each other, in what seems either a struggle, or a desperate need for comfort. They have pulled each other, and themselves, so tight that the knots usually forming and reforming have torn into bark and wood, dark stains of sap bleeding from the gashes. A few are straining against the knots, as if unwilling to be trapped in the deadly embrace, but they are held too tight and cannot get loose.
Accompanying it all is a slow, low wail, but it is hard to tell if it is a dirge from the trees themselves, or the ocean crying for them.
They do not seem to resist the aid they are given. The smaller branches Khairi untangles relax, as does the larger one Kiada tugged loose from its chokehold. The freed roots and vines twitch restlessly, as if considering returning to their previous positions, but as of yet, they make no move to do such.
The tree Kyros speaks with seems to relax slightly, but its tangled roots remain in a knot.
Accompanying it all is a slow, low wail, but it is hard to tell if it is a dirge from the trees themselves, or the ocean crying for them.
They do not seem to resist the aid they are given. The smaller branches Khairi untangles relax, as does the larger one Kiada tugged loose from its chokehold. The freed roots and vines twitch restlessly, as if considering returning to their previous positions, but as of yet, they make no move to do such.
The tree Kyros speaks with seems to relax slightly, but its tangled roots remain in a knot.
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