[ Swinging in the trees with the broken branches, Gunther gazed out at nothing with the frozen look of surprise marring his usual stoicism. Eld and Oluo were scattered across the narrow greenway winding below the trees in more than two places, expressions slack and their eyes half open. Petra had been the one that made him stop, made him look back Sunlight filtering in through the summer swollen green canopy, the outline of her face accentuated where the warm breeze picked up her hair.
She did not have a look of surprise or dead peacefulness affixed to her- no, she was there against the tree gazing upwards where the others did not. Expectant. She had saw him through her eyes glazed over and forced open and looked at him as if she had been waiting. Levi had disappointed for the last time that day.
When Mike had come back to them here, the first thought that came to mind so quickly it left him feeling guilty for it: When will the others come? Only Levi never held to hope and would go mad waiting for the impossible to happen, but after Mike came back Levi found himself coming out to the Cape when news of more imPorts was made known. Looking through the crowds, waiting in spite of himself to see something- someone familiar.
Petra had a voice like birdsong until she needed to bark with a gale like fury over a crowd, and Levi had never forgotten her. ]
Don't call out. [ Levi moved up behind her like a shadow, hand heavy on her narrow shoulder. Eyes fixed on her with a reassurance, silent and only implied as he ever managed. ] Act as if everything is fine and walk with me. Calmly as you can.
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She did not have a look of surprise or dead peacefulness affixed to her- no, she was there against the tree gazing upwards where the others did not. Expectant. She had saw him through her eyes glazed over and forced open and looked at him as if she had been waiting. Levi had disappointed for the last time that day.
When Mike had come back to them here, the first thought that came to mind so quickly it left him feeling guilty for it: When will the others come? Only Levi never held to hope and would go mad waiting for the impossible to happen, but after Mike came back Levi found himself coming out to the Cape when news of more imPorts was made known. Looking through the crowds, waiting in spite of himself to see something- someone familiar.
Petra had a voice like birdsong until she needed to bark with a gale like fury over a crowd, and Levi had never forgotten her. ]
Don't call out. [ Levi moved up behind her like a shadow, hand heavy on her narrow shoulder. Eyes fixed on her with a reassurance, silent and only implied as he ever managed. ] Act as if everything is fine and walk with me. Calmly as you can.