Penumbral

Chapter 6: Bonds

Alimur opens his eyes, only to be met by Aurora beside his bed staring intently at his missing arm, he turns to look as well, catching a glimpse of his shadow arm fading away.

-How can you do that?-

-I'm still trying to figure it out, trying to make it last when I'm awake-

-Maybe it's like summoning a weapon, have you tried thinking of it like that?-

-I guess I could try actually attacking with it-

-Anyways, breakfast is ready, come on- Aurora announces as she leaves the room.

Alimur gets up and follows her to the kitchen, arriving at it he takes a seat opposite of Aurora and leans back on the chair closing his eyes, he takes a deep breath and covers his face using his hand.

Rosaria sits down beside Alimur and gives him a few taps on the back before talking to him.

-You should eat before it goes cold, even if you don't feel hungry-

Alimur reajusts himself and starts to eat quietly.

-Aurora did you prepare Cheny for the trip?-

-Uhhh I kinda forgot-

-Well, then finish your breakfast and prepare the wagon-

Aurora gulps down the rest of her food and heads out of the house.

-Is Cheny your horse?- Asks Alimur after taking a sip from his drink.

-No, she was my husband's-

-Never heard of a horse living this long-

-Well, Cheny isn't a horse, she is a gurock gifted to my husband by one of the scribes in Svaril-

-I thought gurocks couldn't live sky side-

-They can, they also eat dirt as well as rocks-

Alimur finishes his food and gets up.

-I'm gonna go help Aurora with the wagon-

-The pen is behind the house-

Alimur leaves the house and goes behind it, he sees Aurora in a pen struggling a bit to strap a large harness on a big six legged fat horned creature, he then approaches and leans on the fence.

-I never thought gurocks were this big-

-Well, Cheny is female HUH so it makes sense HUH for her to be THIS BIG- Aurora speaks in between pulls of the harness.

Alimur jumps over the pen forms a floating black hand and holds the straps, giving them a hard pull while Aurora locks then in place.

-Thanks, now there's just one more-

Alimur and Aurora repeat the process, but this time as she locks the strap in place Cheny shuffles to the side pulling Alimur into the dirt, Aurora laughs a bit before offering her hand to Alimur, the man gives a subtle smirk while reminiscing about good times and grabs Aurora's hand to get up from the ground.

-Gotta be careful, she likes to do that-

-Could've warned me before I fell-

Aurora smirks and grabs the halter dangling from Cheny's neck, guiding the animal torwards the wagon, Alimur follows after a few seconds maintaining a certain distance from the animal, Rosaria sticks her head from one of the windows as Aurora finishes strapping Cheny to the wagon.