Cloudbound
“Mold flecked the hoods, but not too obviously. I secured my knife on my arm, my bow across my chest. Aliati mimicked my preparations, and I showed her how to slide her quiver of arrows beneath her wingset, out of the way, but ready.
We’d look like hunters heading to market. I didn’t want to think about why scavengers would need hunters’ cloaks.
“Are you sure you want to choose sides?” I asked her. “Even if it risks your safety, and Djonn’s?” Even if it means the city knows you to be a scavenger... and a thief?
Aliati tilted her head at Kirit, sitting at the cave mouth, sharpening her bone knife over and over again. “She’s chosen a side, and it’s neither Tower nor Spire. She’s chosen the city,” Aliati whispered. “I choose the same.” She looked long and hard at me. “You didn’t give me a choice before.”
“There aren’t any easy choices left.” No one was right; no one was a hero. Not anymore.
“Hearing you say that eases my mind,” she said. “Maybe I’ll choose your side too.”MoreLess
We’d look like hunters heading to market. I didn’t want to think about why scavengers would need hunters’ cloaks.
“Are you sure you want to choose sides?” I asked her. “Even if it risks your safety, and Djonn’s?” Even if it means the city knows you to be a scavenger... and a thief?
Aliati tilted her head at Kirit, sitting at the cave mouth, sharpening her bone knife over and over again. “She’s chosen a side, and it’s neither Tower nor Spire. She’s chosen the city,” Aliati whispered. “I choose the same.” She looked long and hard at me. “You didn’t give me a choice before.”
“There aren’t any easy choices left.” No one was right; no one was a hero. Not anymore.
“Hearing you say that eases my mind,” she said. “Maybe I’ll choose your side too.”MoreLess
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