Inspired by Cosmosdex

Wheat Stalks

You came to me one day, lost and afraid. Scared of what you had done, and what you will do next.
I loomed over you, like the shadow of a grave.
With great ambition, the plan was laid out in front of me. Yet, it did not occur how much I could read you.
Aestus Lost Snail
Cargo wants to set me up for adoption.
Sorrel Roaming House Cat
Oh, I see.
Aestus Lost Snail
Don't get me wrong, it's mostly to obtain rare material! I just need to pull something that will make my owner put me back.
Aestus Lost Snail
It will be great, my friend. I'll get something for you too on the way back.
Sorrel Roaming House Cat
....
Aestus Lost Snail
You're not convinced, huh.
Sorrel Roaming House Cat
How certain are you that you'll come back?
Those eyes speak of a broken home. A journey with no end, and filled with convulted paths.
Perhaps it was because I was worried for something beyond what was before me.
Uncertainty laying in fields taller than our bodies.
Sorrel Roaming House Cat
Singularities are...far above us. They're surely not so easily swayed by a mere act.
Aestus Lost Snail
Then I'll try harder! You've seen me and my little stunts, haven't you?
Aestus Lost Snail
I'll be back before you know it. Don't worry.
Sorrel Roaming House Cat
Just make sure not to go overboard.
Sorrel Roaming House Cat
Or you'll lose yourself completely.
You held my hands, warm and welcoming, giving me so much reassurance and saying it'll all be okay.
But I knew something you did not.
And the moment you stood at my door, I had alredy figured out...
...How broken everything around us was.
Aestus Lost Snail
Sorrel. I'm home.
Sorrel Roaming House Cat
Aestus? What...What happened to you?
Yes, as soon as you entered our home, it was evident.
The grass could not carry those sorrows you had this whole time.
When I held you in my arms, when you broke down sobbing, your body felt colder than any winter. Those very whispers that spilled out of your mouth brought shivers down to my very core.
Aestus Lost Snail
I...I...
Aestus Lost Snail
I killed someone.
As you elaborated on your madness, the songs of sympathy rung down the halls, red in color.
It was an accident. You never wanted to hurt anybody.
Still. There wasn't anything I could say.
Sorrel Roaming House Cat
Shh. Shh, it's okay.
Sorrel Roaming House Cat
It's okay. It's okay. You're alright...
You heard only my comforts as you cried yourself out.
For the duration of that very moment, I wished that I could hold you forever.
Sorrel Roaming House Cat
Don't say anything. Let me handle it.
Sorrel Roaming House Cat
I'll make sure to keep you safe in the meantime.
I took the torch from those hands, and burned these feelings away to make room for newfound strength. In time, you shaped yourself back up.
Then, in the setting light, you bid me farewell, and walked off without turning back.
Leaving me yearning as you disappeared among the fields of wheat.