Gwilym

Gwilym stirs when Samar rises. They've spent too long wary of everything to be completely at ease, even with each other, but her voice soothes him back to sleep so quickly he's almost surprised to find their bed cold when he wakes in the morning.

That there is no sign of her in their home is a separate worry.

He's not unused to waking alone. They've taken separate jobs before, taken separate watches when on the move, they do not need to sleep and wake nearby to be happy. But they do like to know where they each are.

There's ashes in the grate - not wood or coal or bone, but paper. Whatever job his wife is on, she's not likely to be back soon, then and he sighs, trying not to let out any anger at the king. Can't have that when Samar is so trusted. He won't put her at risk for his own anger.

Food, he thinks, strapping on his armour. The cast iron and insect carapace are as solid as ever, though one of the ties is becoming loose. He'll have to get more cording to tie it back to where it needs to be sooner rather than later. His knives are by his bedside - Samar had sharpened both their knives the night before, and he'd polished them. Beside those... he lifts the skull in his claws, peers into empty eye sockets.

She left, whispers the entity inside it. She had a paper. She burned the paper.

About what he'd expected, then, and he gently scratches a claw over the bone dome of it before tying it to place. For all people might call him Soul Stealer, this thing - this skull-spirit entity - that and that alone is the closest they might come to a soul he has stolen.

It's an easy matter to prepare breakfast. Samar's job means they're never short of foodstuffs at the very least, and he makes a plate for her and sets it aside.

When she gets back, he has no doubt she'll tell him where she's been.

Glass Knife Trinkets This find is in excellent condition, but can only be used once. 78

Notes: • His mate is Samar • Icons made by Serpy & Natron • Was on the front page on 12/27/20 • Bought from squidragon on 7/25/20 • Was a Fae, changed to SD on 12/23/20 • Theme 1: Cold Blood by Dave Not Dave • Theme 2: Straight into Battle by Epic Score Quote: Gwilym was on the front page! He's such a beautiful dragon! - Momii 12/27/2020 Hatchling Pinglist (Ice Nest from user Griffins) • • • •

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