wildxfire
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The face of a chameleon
I lead her slowly to the doors of the Great Hall, as might a guard with a prisoner, until we pass thru the gilded doorway into the dark.
"Hurry now, before we are caught," I implore to her, wrapping my arm around her trim waist and guiding her at a run thru the brush "Once inside the grotto, we can rest, safe from harm"
The sharp briars tear at our bodies, a sharp gasp escaping from her otherwise still lips as we press on. In what has seemed an eternity, but is only a few minutes we reach a small waterfall, coming from a few feet above us.
"We must pass thru" I tell her "Behind it lays another world, a world of revelation, where you will be safe"
Her face shows disbeleif, then resolution, she has gone too far to turn back, and she closes her eyes as I lead her thru the cold water.
The room behind the waterfall feels warm, compared to the ice cold water that has soaked thru our clothes in an instant. I let go of her hands, now grasping mine tightly, telling her I need to light a torch. As the flame grows, lit from my flint, I turn and see her eyes opening, her body shivering from the cold, a small cut on her shoulder seeping drops of blood.
"We must get you out of those clothes, else you take ill" I tell her, concern in my voice "And I must tend to your wound, before it becomes sour and makes you weak"
I light several torches as I speak, the growing light revealing a large room, reflecting off the golden streaks imbedded in the quartz surface.
Returning to her I see her distrust and embarressment, and gently tell her "I will light a fire, to warm us and dry our clothes, but we must remove them to tend your cut at least"
I lead her slowly to the doors of the Great Hall, as might a guard with a prisoner, until we pass thru the gilded doorway into the dark.
"Hurry now, before we are caught," I implore to her, wrapping my arm around her trim waist and guiding her at a run thru the brush "Once inside the grotto, we can rest, safe from harm"
The sharp briars tear at our bodies, a sharp gasp escaping from her otherwise still lips as we press on. In what has seemed an eternity, but is only a few minutes we reach a small waterfall, coming from a few feet above us.
"We must pass thru" I tell her "Behind it lays another world, a world of revelation, where you will be safe"
Her face shows disbeleif, then resolution, she has gone too far to turn back, and she closes her eyes as I lead her thru the cold water.
The room behind the waterfall feels warm, compared to the ice cold water that has soaked thru our clothes in an instant. I let go of her hands, now grasping mine tightly, telling her I need to light a torch. As the flame grows, lit from my flint, I turn and see her eyes opening, her body shivering from the cold, a small cut on her shoulder seeping drops of blood.
"We must get you out of those clothes, else you take ill" I tell her, concern in my voice "And I must tend to your wound, before it becomes sour and makes you weak"
I light several torches as I speak, the growing light revealing a large room, reflecting off the golden streaks imbedded in the quartz surface.
Returning to her I see her distrust and embarressment, and gently tell her "I will light a fire, to warm us and dry our clothes, but we must remove them to tend your cut at least"
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