Khaeris Dawndancer

Khaeris Dawndancer
Khaeris Dawndancer
@khaeris#23
2019-10-03 23:38:00

Chrysalis

Khaeris squatted in the Eversong grass, leaning forward to better study something in the bush in front of her. Her head cocked and she took a breath. Had it moved? No. It was surely too far along for that. Her imagination. The protective casing was dark, though she could faintly see the shape folded inside. It was becoming clearer by the minute.

It would free itself soon. Oblong and alien. It was caged but nearly ready to 


She wasn't smiling. She was alone, except for the butterfly-to-be. She was fascinated. She had seen this process before, but she was always enraptured by it. It seemed at once defiant and hopeful.

Khaeris glanced back over her shoulder. The Scar was as desolate as it had been since it had cut it's course through the elven country so many years ago. Quieter now. But the transformations that had happened there had been loud and grotesque.

She turned back to the chrysalis. Surely not all transformations had to be so brutal. Surely some were beautiful? Not all change was for the worse. Some gave you wings.

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