(SE) wear your silver lining

Cheer up and dry your damp eyes and tell me when it rains
And I'll blend up that rainbow above you and shoot it through your veins

Fortunately for Soh, Jata didn't seem to notice the way her heart leapt and her skin prickled at the mention of Koa, and they were able to easily slip through her momentary jolt of recognition on to safer topics. Griffins, for example.

Tarak peered up at Petronella from his place on Soh's lap, slitted pupils narrowing as he took in this new creature. While prickly at the best of times, he tended to latch on to other companions, particularly when in a playful mood. Just now, his tail lashed back and forth as he seemed to contemplate the best way to pounce on his newfound friend. Be nice, she chastised him silently. The little griffin looked up at her petulantly, clearly disappointed, and tucked his paws underneath him to begin to sulk.

Smothering a snort at the fickle nature of her companion, Soh smiled at Jata. She hadn't realized that he'd had a griffin companion, and she suspected that since he didn't anymore, there was probably a not-so-great reason why that was. Instead of asking, she ignored her piqued curiosity and Jata's quiet apology to Nella. "I think they just like being difficult for the sake of it, sometimes," she said wryly, scratching Tarak on the head. Just as quickly as he'd begun to pout, he was purring in her lap. "Tarak is definitely more catlike than birdlike."

the Luminary

'Cause your heart has a lack of colour and we should've known
That we'd grow up sooner or later 'cause we wasted all our free time alone

code stolen from sky who stole it from odd