there's always a glimmer in those
She could hear others failing, the branches and boughs swaying under the motions, the proceedings, the little squalls breaking loose. More than once bodies crashed along the underbrush, and she bit back something in her mind, gaze on her uncle for a moment, and then nodding.
Thereafter, Melita was all the more tempted by the light again. More rustling, more movement, caused her to tilt her head further upwards, striving, trying, to see what the cause was this time. She expected some other forms to be cascading, descending, and once she’d gauged the motions of something dropping, the youth pressed herself tighter against the trunk of the tree, attempting to dodge.
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Melita tries to dodge out of the way!
Thereafter, Melita was all the more tempted by the light again. More rustling, more movement, caused her to tilt her head further upwards, striving, trying, to see what the cause was this time. She expected some other forms to be cascading, descending, and once she’d gauged the motions of something dropping, the youth pressed herself tighter against the trunk of the tree, attempting to dodge.
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Melita tries to dodge out of the way!
who have been through the dark
MELITA
