Yesterday, 12:39 AM
Among the Dominions, it was Jay who volunteered to escort the Ascendancy’s guests from the grounds. No one argued.
Outside, the air held a sharpness, the kind that clung after fire swept a field. Jay kept his eyes forward, though the dark scorches in the paving stones whispered for attention at the edges of his vision. He didn’t look. Not directly. But a part of him wondered if he could call down lightning too. He’d never tried.
He would, though. Before the day was out.
The fact that the thought had come while watching a girl be reduced to cinders was something he chose not to dwell on.
He trailed behind the others, just far enough to fall into step beside Nox, close enough to speak without raising his voice. There wasn’t any real plan to it. He didn’t want anything, not exactly. Just to check in. The man looked rough. But then, who didn’t these days?
“I’m out at this place just outside the city,” Jay said, after a while. His tone made it sound like nothing, though it wasn’t. “Not gonna be in the city much for a bit. Figured that was... probably for the best.”
The quiet of the path out stretched between them, broken only by the distant hum of tech infrastructure and the rustling wind.
“Staying with someone,” he added as if it weren’t an admission. Come to think of it, had he ever mentioned Natalie to Nox? He might’ve, in passing. Or not. Hard to say. The trip to the States had always come with the unspoken understanding that not everything needed to be explained.
Jay glanced over briefly.
“You doing okay?” he asked, frowning.
Outside, the air held a sharpness, the kind that clung after fire swept a field. Jay kept his eyes forward, though the dark scorches in the paving stones whispered for attention at the edges of his vision. He didn’t look. Not directly. But a part of him wondered if he could call down lightning too. He’d never tried.
He would, though. Before the day was out.
The fact that the thought had come while watching a girl be reduced to cinders was something he chose not to dwell on.
He trailed behind the others, just far enough to fall into step beside Nox, close enough to speak without raising his voice. There wasn’t any real plan to it. He didn’t want anything, not exactly. Just to check in. The man looked rough. But then, who didn’t these days?
“I’m out at this place just outside the city,” Jay said, after a while. His tone made it sound like nothing, though it wasn’t. “Not gonna be in the city much for a bit. Figured that was... probably for the best.”
The quiet of the path out stretched between them, broken only by the distant hum of tech infrastructure and the rustling wind.
“Staying with someone,” he added as if it weren’t an admission. Come to think of it, had he ever mentioned Natalie to Nox? He might’ve, in passing. Or not. Hard to say. The trip to the States had always come with the unspoken understanding that not everything needed to be explained.
Jay glanced over briefly.
“You doing okay?” he asked, frowning.
Only darkness shows you the light.