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Post by journeycat on Mar 23, 2010 14:17:11 GMT 10
Title: Not Easy Rating: G Length: 186 words Competitor: Alanna Round/Fight: 3/A Summary: Alanna comforts Kel after the loss of a friend.
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She found her in the stables, brushing down her pretty mare. Alanna draped her arms over the half-door and watched her quietly for a couple minutes. Every so often, Keladry sniffled and wiped her nose.
“I suppose you heard, then,” she said suddenly without turning around.
“Daine told me,” Alanna said gently. “It’s no easy thing, I know. When mine died, I thought my heart would break.”
“How’d you get through it?”
“I was lucky, in a way. She had offspring, and I ride one of theirs to this day. So I still have a little part of her.”
“Well, I don’t have anything of Peacblossom,” Kel sighed, lifting one of Hoshi’s hooves. “He’s dead.”
“That’s not true, or fair,” she replied sternly. “You have memories. He was a good warhorse, right? And he was very loyal to you, that was clear to everyone he bit.”
“I suppose,” Kel said. She finally turned around and looked at her, her eyes brimming with unshed tears. “It doesn’t make it any easier.”
“Oh, sweet,” Alanna murmured, reaching out and taking her large, scarred hands. “Nothing’s ever easy.”
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Post by PeroxidePirate on Mar 23, 2010 14:21:24 GMT 10
Oh god. You've captured the feelings so perfectly here, right down to the need to surround yourself with other animals to get through. I'm so impressed.
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Post by greenie on Mar 24, 2010 0:29:46 GMT 10
So perfect! I thought the 'that was clear to everyone he bit' was especially awesome (and true).
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Post by Alliecat on Mar 24, 2010 14:21:38 GMT 10
This is just so perfectly sad. It's really lovely!
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