04-08-2009, 12:31 AM
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Perhaps they were destined to be forever at odds with one another. One reason and one impulse, twin sisters who would compete because that was what nature intended. Aurèle had believed in the feral form of life, and had been content with it until the fire. When that world ended, she had moved on. She had lost a part of herself, but she had move on. Now all she had was that ache and that sick, empty hole.
Four years had not been long enough to fill it. Aurèle’s eyes lingered on her sister’s face, knowing that she sought comfort, and yet she found herself unable to give this. “The lucky ones, maybe,” she offered, uncurling her hands and ripping a chunk of meat from the carcass. “The world’s a hard place.”
Perhaps they were destined to be forever at odds with one another. One reason and one impulse, twin sisters who would compete because that was what nature intended. Aurèle had believed in the feral form of life, and had been content with it until the fire. When that world ended, she had moved on. She had lost a part of herself, but she had move on. Now all she had was that ache and that sick, empty hole.
Four years had not been long enough to fill it. Aurèle’s eyes lingered on her sister’s face, knowing that she sought comfort, and yet she found herself unable to give this. “The lucky ones, maybe,” she offered, uncurling her hands and ripping a chunk of meat from the carcass. “The world’s a hard place.”