{se} end of the road

and now the kids are starting up a fire, dancing around the light

Aisha bent down to brush her fingers through the tall dune grass, pick off a puff and toy with it. Her people, a good question. Once upon a time her people had meant a whole kingdom, but now it was a small ring of good friends, slowly growing and forming and becoming a family. "The friends I've made here, just like... the people I care about. They ended up in Halo, so I ended up there too," she replied, glancing to Cam, wondering which people they would end up finding, loving, and trusting.

"Do you want to head back now?" she asked after a few moments of quiet in the sun and spray of the sea.

AISHA