11-01-2007, 12:18 AM
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No more did such days of absent-minded ideality linger with Gabriel. His life belonged to this clan, his new wards, and the woman he had brought into his life. This was not to say he did not find time for himself; in fact, he often took off from Inferni when he finished the wide lap of the lands. Often he went nowhere in particular, though he had found himself following her trail and stopping on the edge of a vast unknown frontier. Where had she gone? Was Eris with her? Was something wrong? Did she leave them to die?[/html]
Of all the things that he thought about, that idea remained with him most of all. It hung like some thick curtain, obscuring what truly might have been there. Was his mother about to die? Had she died? She was over her prime, this was true, but was there anything that might have happened? He hadn’t seen her in weeks and these things were piling up with each passing moment. In time they would fade, but Gabriel was still her son.
His thoughts brought him back, moving along the sand mechanically, eyes unseeing, ears unhearing. He didn’t notice that Hybrid was seated not five yards away, oblivious to all but the dim discussion in his head.