OOC This was so fun. Closing posts time, methinks?
WC 393
Her arms clung to her brother tightly as he hugged her. Sometimes, it was like no ground was stable unless he was right there to protect her, and with as many days like these it was pretty much true. She didn’t let go of the embrace for a long time, but finally did when Niro began to fidget with his end of the rope.
Her heart tripped as he repeated his promise. The one and only thing the girl had ever had in the world was her brother, and the thought of him ever not being there, of losing him for any reason, was frightening. But the worst thought of all was that one day he might just get tired of saving her. . . a small and unlikely possibility, yet still a rational fear she sometimes felt after days like these. But now she felt secure. He always made her feel safe, emotionally as well.
Nodding to her brother, she stood up. “Yeah, that sounds like a good idea.” She followed him down the stairs while she worked at untying her own tether. She wanted to just rip it in half but had the sneaking suspicion they may need this rope again, and it had provided some good luck today.
By the time they were at the door, she had the last knot undone and dropped the rope. She wandered outside into the waning sunlight, down past the lighthouse stairs, and then stopped and looked back up. Up there, around that marvelous yet frightening place she had just been, the seagulls fussed. She shook her head as she realized that she despised those birds. “One day we’re going to have a feast,” she said to Niro, but glared up at the birds. “I know you like birds, brother, but those aren’t birds, they’re tricksters.” She stabbed a finger towards the lamp-house and the perched seagulls.
“That’s going to wait until after I get permission to live here,” she said with a firm nod as she crossed her arms, and it was clear that the ordeal had not scared her away from the thought of fixing up this lighthouse. She clapped her brother on the back as she turned and began to walk away from the spectacular structure. “But right now, all I care about is an easy meal and maybe a nap.”
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